Great Short Works of Nathaniel Hawthorne Author:Nathaniel Hawthorne, Frederick C. Crews (Editor) In one volume, some of the finest works from a premier contributor to American literature. THE GREAT SHORT WORKS OF NATHANIEL HAWTHORNE includes seven of his best short stories as well as THE SCARLET LETTER, which introduced Hester Prin as one of the first heroines in American fiction. — The short works, from "Young Goodman Brown" to &q... more »uot;Ethan Brand," all have the same theme brilliantly sketched by Hawthorne throughout many of his works: the thin line between desire and guilt. « less