Fanshawe

Fanshawe is a novel written by Nathaniel Hawthorne, first published in 1828. The story follows the life of a young man named Fanshawe, who is a student at Harvard University. Fanshawe is a talented poet and scholar, but he is also haunted by a tragic event from his past. He falls in love with a young woman named Ellen Langton, but their relationship is complicated by the arrival of a mysterious stranger named Edward Walcott. As Fanshawe struggles to come to terms with his past and his feelings for Ellen, he becomes embroiled in a web of secrets and lies that threaten to destroy everything he holds dear. The novel explores themes of love, loss, betrayal, and redemption, and is considered a precursor to Hawthorne's later, more famous works such as The Scarlet Letter and The House of the Seven Gables.Doctor Melmoth, at the time when he is to be intro- duced to the reader, had borne the matrimonial yoke (and in his case it was no light burthen) nearly twenty years. The blessing of children, however, had been de- nied him, -- a circumstance which he was accustomed to consider as one of the sorest trials that chequered his path way; for he was a man of a kind and affectionate heart, that was continually seeking objects to rest itself upon.This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the old original and may contain some imperfections such as library marks and notations. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions, that are true to their original work.