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Title: The Man of Adamant: An Apologue Title Record # 1593350
Author: Nathaniel Hawthorne
Date: 1837-00-00
Type: SHORTFICTION
Length: short story
Webpages: eldritchpress.org
Language: English
Note: First published (as by "the author of The Gentle Boy") in the Token, 1837.
Synopsis: Richard Digby is a Puritan who considers himself more pure in his religion than anyone else. He travels into the wilderness in order to find a place where his prayers will not be "mingled with the sinful supplications of the multitude." After three days he is visited by a young woman he once knew who appears angelic and begs him to return to the community. He sends her away angrily, before dying of (literal and figurative) hardening of the heart. In fact, she is a ghost or heavenly messenger.
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1837First published (as by "the author of The Gentle Boy") in the Token, 1837.
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Title Date Author/Editor Publisher/Pub. Series ISBN/Catalog ID Price Pages Format Type Cover Artist Verif
The Snow-Image, and Other Tales 1851-00-00 Nathaniel Hawthorne Henry G. Bohn (Bohn's Shilling Series #37)  
1/-?Prior to decimilisation (1968-1971), UK books were priced in shillings, or shillings and pence, where 20 shillings equals one pound and 12 old pence equals one shilling. Shillings were indicated with a variety of suffixes, e.g. 3s, 3', 3", 3/ all mean 3 shillings. Any number after that is additional pence, usually 6 (half a shilling) but sometimes 3 or 9 (a quarter of a shilling or three-quarters of a shilling).
vi+
176
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
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The Snow-Image, and Other Twice-Told Tales 1852-01-00 Nathaniel Hawthorne Ticknor, Reed, and Fields     273
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
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Selected Tales and Sketches 1950-00-00 Nathaniel Hawthorne Rinehart (Rinehart Editions #33)     xxx+
410
tp?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.
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Selected Tales and Sketches 1970-00-00 Nathaniel Hawthorne Holt, Rinehart and Winston (Rinehart Editions #33) 0-03-079790-X   xxvi+
627
tp?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.
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The Snow-Image and Uncollected Tales 1974-00-00 Nathaniel Hawthorne Ohio State University Press (Centenary Edition of the Works of Nathaniel Hawthorne #11) 0-8142-0204-7   xi+
488
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll  
Tales and Sketches 1982-00-00 Nathaniel Hawthorne The Library of America (The Library of America #2) 0-940450-03-8
$35.00?$: US dollar
1493
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
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Selected Tales and Sketches 1987-00-00 Nathaniel Hawthorne Penguin Books (US) (Penguin Classics) 0-14-039057-X   xl+
440
tp?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.
coll  
American Gothic Tales 1996-12-00 ed. Joyce Carol Oates Plume / Penguin 0-452-27489-3
$14.95?$: US dollar
viii+
544
tp?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.
anth Albert Pinkham Ryder  
American Gothic Tales 1997-00-00 ed. Joyce Carol Oates Plume / Penguin / BCE 14636   viii+
544
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth Checkmark
The Portable Hawthorne 2005-00-00 Nathaniel Hawthorne Penguin Books (US) (Penguin Classics) 0-14-303928-8
$18.00?$: US dollar
xxii+
439
tp?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.
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Tales and Sketches 2007-00-00 Nathaniel Hawthorne The Library of America (The Library of America #2) 978-0-940450-03-5   1493
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
omni  
The Snow-Image and Other Stories of the Supernatural 2008-10-23 Nathaniel Hawthorne Tartarus Press 978-1-905784-09-7
£32.50?£: UK pound
xvi+
417
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll Frederick Church  
Hawthorne After Dark: 22 Strange Stories by Nathaniel Hawthorne 2009-00-00 Nathaniel Hawthorne Coachwhip Publications 978-1-61646-003-7
$12.95?$: US dollar
314
tp?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.
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American Gothic Tales date unknown ed. Joyce Carol Oates Plume / Penguin 0-452-27489-3
$14.95?$: US dollar
544
tp?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.
anth Albert Pinkham Ryder Checkmark
Selected Tales and Sketches date unknown Nathaniel Hawthorne Penguin Books (US) (Penguin Classics) 0-14-039057-X
$10.95?$: US dollar
xl+
440
tp?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.
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Tales and Sketches date unknown Nathaniel Hawthorne The Library of America (The Library of America #2) 0-940450-03-8
$39.50?$: US dollar
1493
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
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