Publisher's Synopsis
The Dolliver Romance, Fanshawe, and Septimius Felton are three novels written by Nathaniel Hawthorne, an American author. The Dolliver Romance is a story about a man named Perdita who falls in love with a mysterious man, Hollingsworth, who is on a mission to create a utopian society. Fanshawe is a novel about a young man named Fanshawe who falls in love with his friend's sister, Ellen, but is forced to leave her due to a scandal. Septimius Felton is a story about a man who discovers an elixir of immortality and the consequences of his discovery. The appendix contains a short story called The Ancestral Footstep, which is about a man who inherits a haunted house. This collection of Hawthorne's works provides insight into his literary style and themes, including the search for perfection, the consequences of sin, and the supernatural.This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the old original and may contain some imperfections such as library marks and notations. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions, that are true to their original work.
