Puritan Passions (Fantasy and Horror Classics)

Puritan Passions (Fantasy and Horror Classics)

Nathaniel Hawthorne

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Fantasy and Horror Classics
Año de edición:
2011
ISBN:
9781447404088
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Can a creature of straw and vanity truly possess a human heart?In a lonely, smoke-filled hovel in Puritan New England, the witch Mother Rigby decides to play a wicked trick on society. Using a pumpkin for a head, a tattered suit of clothes, and a plume of feathertop grass for flair, she fashions a magnificent scarecrow. Then, with a puff of her enchanted tobacco pipe, she brings the handsome figure to life.Named 'Lord Feathertop,' the enchanted creature is sent into the nearby village to woo the beautiful daughter of a wealthy and prominent magistrate.This story is a dark, dazzling, and humorous moral allegory, showcasing Hawthorne’s deep skepticism of both Puritan hypocrisy and the superficiality of the American gentry.In this dark fantasy, you’ll discover that a scarecrow wearing fine clothes may be more honest than the society that welcomes him.

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