Historical Stories

Set in 15th-century Paris, the novel follows the hunchbacked bell-ringer of Notre-Dame Cathedral, and his tragic connection to a beautiful Romani girl.

Set in 17th-century Puritan Boston, the story follows Hester Prynne, who is publicly shamed for committing adultery and giving birth to a child named Pearl.

A World War I veteran who rents a modest house in West Egg and meets a wealthy man.

Twice-Told Tales by Nathaniel Hawthorne is a collection of short stories.

An American lieutenant who witnesses World War I, and loves an English nurse.

An American journalist living in Paris, is part of a circle of disillusioned expatriates.

A handsome, intelligent, and egotistical young man as he comes of age in early 20th-century America.

A young boy is disfigured by a group of child traffickers who carve a permanent smile into his face.

The Pyncheon family live in a gloomy mansion known as the House of the Seven Gables.

A boy is born in a workhouse in a poor town. His mother dies after childbirth, leaving him an orphan.