Mosses from an Old Manse

Mosses from an Old Manseis Nathaniel Hawthorne's second story collection, first published in 1846 in two volumes and featuring sketches and tales written over a span of more than twenty years, including such classics as "Young Goodman Brown," "The Birthmark," and "Rappaccini's Daughter." Herman Melville deemed Hawthorne the American Shakespeare, and Henry James wrote that his early tales possess "the element of simple genius, the quality of imagination. That is the real charm of Hawthorne's writingthis purity and spontaneity and naturalness of fancy."

<b>Mary Oliver</b> is the author of eleven books of poetry, including <i>American Primitive</i>, for which she was awarded the Pulitzer Prize; <i>New and Selected Poems</i>, which won the National Book Award; and <i>House of Light</i>, which won the Christopher Award and the L. L. Winship/PEN New England Award. She lives in Provincetown, Massachusetts.