The snow-image, and other twice-told tales

About the book

"The Snow-Image, and Other Twice-Told Tales" by Nathaniel Hawthorne is a short story collection published in 1851. This final collection of tales released during Hawthorne's lifetime gathers fifteen stories and sketches spanning nearly two decades of his career. The collection includes both newly written pieces and earlier works, ranging from mysterious tales to historical sketches. Though commercially unsuccessful, the volume represents Hawthorne's last gathering of the short fiction that defined much of his literary career.