Twice-Told Tales

Twice - Told Tales is a collection of short prose by American author Nathaniel Hawthorne. The first volume appeared in 1837, a second in 1842. The final version, supplemented by a preface, was published in 1851. In 1852 German was a selection titled Twice told tales out, a full translation is still pending. Some of the stories are, however, in unitary translations.

Publication history

The most collected in Twice - Told Tales short stories and literary sketches were previously appeared anonymously in various newspapers, magazines and almanacs as the Salem Gazette, The New - England Magazine or The token only with the publication of the first volume 1837 Hawthorne was as its author to be recognized.

Some of the stories originally created as part of earlier written narrative cycles. Neither Seven Tales of My Native Land ( written around 1826-27 ) nor for Provincial Tales ( for 1828-1830 ) was a publisher Hawthorne and eventually destroyed most of the manuscripts. Though his third collection The Storyteller was published from November 1834 continuously in the New England Magazine, but after the magazine had changed hands in 1835, the publication was not completed as planned. This work is lost in its entirety. The Twice - Told Tales are the first successful publication of Hawthorne's under his own name.

The following is a list of stories ( tales ) and sketches ( sketches) according to their arrangement in the final edition. Indicated is also the year of first publication and so present a translation of the German title.

  • Preface, dt " Preface" ( 1851)
  • The Gray Champion, GV " The gray protector" (1835 )
  • The Wedding - Knell, GV " The Wedding Knell " (1836 )
  • The Minister's Black Veil, GV " The priest's black veil " (1836 )
  • The May - Pole of Merry Mount, GV " The Maypole of Merry Mount" (1836 )
  • The Gentle Boy, GV " The gentle boy " (1832 )
  • Mr. Higginbotham 's Catastrophe, dt "Mr. Higginbothams doom " (1834 )
  • Little Annie's Ramble (1835 )
  • Wakefield ( 1835)
  • A Rill from the Town - Pump ( 1835)
  • The Great Carbuncle, GV "The Great Carbuncle " (1837 )
  • The Prophetic Pictures, GV " The Prophetic Pictures" (1837 )
  • David Swan ( 1837)
  • Sights from a Steeple (1831 )
  • The Hollow of the Three Hills, GV " The trough under the three hills " ( 1830)
  • The Toll - Gatherer's Day dt "The day of Zolleinnehmers " (1837 )
  • The Vision of the Fountain (1835 )
  • Fancy 's Show Box ( 1837)
  • Dr. Heidegger 's Experiment, dt "Doctor Heidegger's Experiment" (1837 )

Volume II

  • Legends of the Province House, dt " What is told from the old Governor's Palace ": I. Howe 's Masquerade, dt " Howes Masked Ball " (1838 )
  • II Edward Randolph's Portrait, dt "Edward Randolph's Portrait " (1838 )
  • III. Lady Eleanore 's Mantle, GV " The Cover of Lady Eleanore " (1838 )
  • IV Old Esther Dudley, GV "The Old Esther Dudley " (1839 )

Expenditure

The most authoritative modern edition is:

  • Nathaniel Hawthorne: Twice - Told Tales. Edited by Fredson Bowers and J. Donald Crowley. Ohio State University Press, Columbia OH 1974 ( = Volume 9 of The Centenary Edition of the Works of Nathaniel Hawthorne. Edited by William Charvat, Roy Harvey Pearce et al. 23 volumes. Ohio State University Press, Columbus OH from 1962 to 1997 )

A full translation is still pending. Most stories are true in unitary translations, but are scattered over various anthologies, which are predominantly only available second hand available. One of the most comprehensive and also the only one that also provides a translation of the preface of the Twice - Told Tales ( by Hans -Joachim Lang), is:

  • Nathaniel Hawthorne: The Celestial Railroad. Narratives, sketches, prefaces, reviews. With an afterword and notes by Hans -Joachim Lang. Winkler, Munich 1977. ISBN 3-53806068-1
  • Work by Nathaniel Hawthorne
  • Literary work
  • Literature ( English )
  • Literature (19th century)
  • Literature (United States)
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