Excerpt from Studies in American Literature, Vol. 4: A Program for Women's Clubs
Pattee, Century Readings in American Literature, p. 211. Hawthorne's Preface to The House of Seven Gables.
Selections from Century Readings for group study Swan, 200, Birthmark, 203, Great Stone Face, p.
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