Twice-Told Tales
Nathaniel Hawthorne
Hawthorne's 1837 collection of New England tales, including The Minister's Black Veil, Dr. Heidegger's Experiment, and The Hollow of the Three Hills. Puritan guilt and quiet dread at the root of American gothic.
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