Author: Nathaniel HawthornePublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 110
Book Description
The Miraculous Pitcher, and Biographical Stories
Author: Nathaniel HawthorneThe Miraculous Pitcher
Author: Nathaniel HawthornePublisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN: 9781503376663
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 58
Book Description
"[...] Their cottage stood on a rising ground, at some short distance from a village, which lay in a hollow valley, that was about half a mile in breadth. This valley, in past ages, when the world was new, had probably been the bed of a lake. There, fishes had glided to and fro in the depths, and water-weeds had grown along the margin, and trees and hills had seen their reflected images in the broad, and peaceful mirror. But, as the waters subsided, men had cultivated the soil, and built houses on it, so that it was now a fertile spot, and bore no traces of the ancient lake, except a very small brook, which meandered through the midst of the village, and supplied the inhabitants with water. The valley had been dry land so long, that oaks had sprung up, and grown great and high, and perished with old age, and been succeeded [...]".
The Miraculous Pitcher
Author: Nathaniel HawthornePublisher:
ISBN: 9781978086715
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 24
Book Description
The Miraculous Pitcher From A Wonder-Book For Girls and Boys is 1851 story by the famous American author Nathaniel Hawthorne. The story is a retelling of the myth of old Philemon and his old wife Baucis. Nathaniel Hawthorne was made famous by his dark tale, The Scarlet Letter. Odin's Library Classics is dedicated to bringing the world the best of humankind's literature from throughout the ages. Carefully selected, each work is unabridged from classic works of fiction, nonfiction, poetry, or drama.
Wonder book. - Tanglewood tales. - Grandfather's chair. - Biographical stories
Author: Nathaniel HawthorneBulletin
Author: Salem Public LibraryPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 458
Book Description
The Miraculous Pitcher (From: "A Wonder-Book for Girls and Boys")
Author: Nathaniel HawthornePublisher: DigiCat
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 31
Book Description
The Story of Pennsylvania
Author: Thomas Stone MarchPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Pennsylvania
Languages : en
Pages : 44
Book Description
The Bookseller, Newsdealer and Stationer
Author: The Making of Illinois
Author: Irwin F. MatherPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Illinois
Languages : en
Pages : 310
Book Description
The United States Catalog
Author: Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : American literature
Languages : en
Pages : 2048
Book Description