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Hawthorne's Short Stories

by Nathaniel Hawthorne

Contains 24 stories: Alice Doane's appeal Ambitious Guest Antique Ring Artist of the Beautiful [Birth-Mark](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL455204W) Celestial Railroad Egotism; or, the bosom serpent Endicott and the red cross Ethan Brand Feathertop: a Moralized Legend Gray Champion Great Carbuncle Great Stone Face Lady Eleanore's Mantle Maypole of Merry Mount [Minister's Black Veil](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL455342W) Old Esther Dudley Peter Goldthwaite's Treasure Prophetic Pictures [Rappaccini's Daughter](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL455378W) Wakefield White Old Maid Wives of the Dead [Young Goodman Brown](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL455569W/Young_Goodman_Brown)

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Chappie’s discussion starters

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  1. Which character stayed with you after you turned the last page, and why?
  2. Was there a moment where you disagreed with a character’s choice? What would you have done?
  3. What theme did this book keep circling back to — and did it earn its ending?
  4. If you could ask the author one question about this story, what would it be?
  5. Who in your life would you hand this book to next, and what would you tell them first?