Young Goodman Brown

by Nathaniel Hawthorne, Marciano Guerrero (Editor)

Overview

In this short story, Young Goodman Brown, much like Dante, "had taken a dreary road, darkened by all the gloomiest trees of the forest, which barely stood aside to let the narrow path creep through ... " In this dense forest Brown meets a traveler whom he suspects to be the devil himself, yet the stranger bears a strong family resemblance such as that of father and son. If this scene isn't terrifying in itself, at least is sinister enough to foreshadow what is to come.

Product Details

BN ID:	2940015857924
Publisher:	marciano guerrero
Publication date:	11/10/2012
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
File size:	22 KB

About the Author

Nathaniel Hawthorne, in addition to his classic novels --The Scarlet Letter, The House of the Seven Gables, the Marble Faun, and others-- wrote many short stories. "Young Goodman Brown" is perhaps the most anthologized short story.

Date of Birth:

July 4, 1804

Date of Death:

May 19, 1864

Place of Birth:

Salem, Massachusetts

Place of Death:

Plymouth, New Hampshire

Education:

Bowdoin College, Brunswick, Maine, 1824

Editorial Reviews

Like Chaucer, Shakespeare, and other classic writers, Nathaniel deserves to be read. Many good intentioned readers begin to read the first page of “Young Goodman Brown” only to abandon the story a few seconds later. It is the stilted language what deters readers. To make the story more agile and easy to follow, I have removed the ‘thous,” “thees,” and other archaisms—making the prose resemble contemporary American English.

Mary Duffy