Publisher's Synopsis

Framed as a college student telling tales to children, the six stories in this book are referenced so regularly in our modern culture that everybody should be familiar with them.


Included are Hawthorne's retellings of-

The Gorgon's Head

The Golden Touch

Pandora's Box

The Three Golden Apples

The Miraculous Pitcher

The Chimæra


This edition is presented complete and unabridged with both color and black and white images from several early editions. Be sure to pick up Tanglewood Tales for more classic Greek myths retold by the same author.

Book information

ISBN: 9781922619747
Publisher: Living Book Press
Imprint: Living Book Press
Pub date:
Language: English
Number of pages: 202
Weight: 381g
Height: 216mm
Width: 140mm
Spine width: 13mm