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Title: Wakefield Title Record # 988310
Author: Nathaniel Hawthorne
Date: 1835-06-00
Type: SHORTFICTION
Length: short story
Language: English
Note: First published (as by "the author of The Gray Champion") in the New England Magazine, June 1835. This story is not supernatural, but has a certain degree of the fantastic to it.
Synopsis: Wakefield, a cold and selfish man, one day decides (for no reason) to leave home, disguise himself, take lodgings near his house, and watch what his wife does when he fails to come back. While she settles into contented life without him, he lives like a hermit for many years, eventually realizing that he has given up "his place and privileges with living men, without being admitted among the dead."
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Translations
Year Language Title
1973 French Wakefield
2021Translated by Vinícius Santos Loureiro
Portuguese Wakefield
2024Translated by unknown.
Italian Wakefield

Publications

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Title Date Author/Editor Publisher/Pub. Series ISBN/Catalog ID Price Pages Format Type Cover Artist Verif
Twice-Told Tales 1837-00-00 Nathaniel Hawthorne American Stationers Co.     334
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
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Twice-Told Tales 1842-00-00 Nathaniel Hawthorne James Munroe      
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll  
Intellect 1875-00-00 ed. Rossiter Johnson James R. Osgood and Co.     207
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth Checkmark
Little Masterpieces 1897-00-00 Nathaniel Hawthorne Doubleday & McClure     x+
192
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll  
Little Masterpieces 1898-00-00 Nathaniel Hawthorne Doubleday & McClure     x+
192
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll  
Twice-Told Tales 1907-00-00 Nathaniel Hawthorne Houghton Mifflin     ix+
597
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
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Hawthorne 1922-00-00 Nathaniel Hawthorne Doubleday, Page & Company     x+
152
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll  
The Complete Novels and Selected Tales of Nathaniel Hawthorne 1937-00-00 Nathaniel Hawthorne Modern Library (The Modern Library of the World's Best Books)     xvi+
1223
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
omni  
Shocking Tales 1946-00-00 ed. Robert K. Brunner Current Books / A. A. Wyn  
$2.95?$: US dollar
viii+
323
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth  
Strange and Fantastic Stories: Fifty Tales of Terror, Horror, and Fantasy 1946-00-00 ed. Joseph A. Margolies Whittlesey House  
$3.75?$: US dollar
x+
762
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth George Salter Checkmark
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.
coll  
Hawthorne's Short Stories 1962-00-00 Nathaniel Hawthorne Dodd, Mead & Co. (Great Illustrated Classics)     422
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll  
The Celestial Railroad and Other Stories 1963-00-00 Nathaniel Hawthorne Signet / New American Library (Signet Classic) CP153
$0.60?$: US dollar
301
pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.
coll  
Twice-Told Tales 1965-00-00 Nathaniel Hawthorne Airmont Books (Airmont Classics #66) CL66
$0.60?$: US dollar
288
pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.
coll Checkmark
The Birthmark and Other Stories 1968-00-00 Nathaniel Hawthorne Scholastic Book Services (Master Storytellers Series) TK-700
$0.60?$: US dollar
240
pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.
coll  
The Birthmark and Other Stories 1968-00-00 Nathaniel Hawthorne Scholastic Book Services (Master Storytellers Series) TK-700
$0.75?$: US dollar
240
pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.
coll  
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.
coll Checkmark
La vieille fille blanche et autres contes fantastiques 1973-00-00 Nathaniel Hawthorne Marabout (
Bibliothèque Marabout - Fantastique?Bibliotheque Marabout - Fantastique
#454)
    249
pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.
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.
omni Checkmark
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  
Twice-Told Tales 1989-10-00 Nathaniel Hawthorne Reader's Digest 0-89577-332-5   335
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll Lars Hokanson Checkmark
Dr. Heidegger's Experiment and Other Stories 1999-05-00 Nathaniel Hawthorne Könemann 3-8290-3100-9   347
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll A. Bollett  
Twice-Told Tales 2001-00-00 Nathaniel Hawthorne Modern Library (Modern Library Classics) 0-375-75788-0   xxiv+
405
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  
Twice-Told Tales 2004-10-11 Nathaniel Hawthorne Project Gutenberg 13707    
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.
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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  
Twice-Told Tales 2010-08-06 Nathaniel Hawthorne Gray Rabbit Publications 978-1-60459-945-9
$11.99?$: US dollar
312
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  
The Collected Supernatural and Weird Fiction of Nathaniel Hawthorne: Volume 3 2011-12-12 Nathaniel Hawthorne Leonaur Ltd 978-0-85706-803-3
£22.99?£: UK pound
540
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll  
The Collected Supernatural and Weird Fiction of Nathaniel Hawthorne: Volume 3 2011-12-12 Nathaniel Hawthorne Leonaur Ltd 978-0-85706-804-0
£14.99?£: UK pound
540
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  
Twice-Told Tales 2012-06-14 Nathaniel Hawthorne ReadHowYouWant 978-1-4250-3242-5
$19.99?$: US dollar
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  
Nota do Tradutor, June 2021 2021-06-00 ed. Gleiton Lentz
Revista de Tradução Literária e Biblioteca Digital?Revista de Traducao Literaria e Biblioteca Digital
(
Revista Literária em Tradução?Revista Literaria em Traducao
#22)
     
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.
mag  
Fugit: L'ombra del tempo 2024-03-06 ed. Lorenzo Incarbone ABEditore (Ombre e Creature) 978-88-6551-376-7
€15.00?€: Euro
300
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  
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.
coll Checkmark
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.
omni Checkmark
The Complete Novels and Selected Tales of Nathaniel Hawthorne date unknown Nathaniel Hawthorne Modern Library (Modern Library Classics)     xvi+
1223
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
omni  
Twice-Told Tales date unknown Nathaniel Hawthorne Airmont Books (Airmont Classics #66) 0-8049-0066-3   288
pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.
coll  
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