Title: The Ambitious Guest
Title Record # 992914
Author: Nathaniel Hawthorne
Date: 1835-06-00
Type: SHORTFICTION [non-genre]
Length: short story
Webpages: Wikipedia-EN
Language: English
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Author: Nathaniel Hawthorne
Date: 1835-06-00
Type: SHORTFICTION [non-genre]
Length: short story
Webpages: Wikipedia-EN
Language: English
Note: First published in the New England Magazine, June 1835.
Synopsis: A young man is stopping at a mountain inn. He tells of his plans with enthusiasm, saying that he has no intention of dying before he's accomplished something that will make his name remembered forever. An avalanche buries the entire inn. His name is unknown; but his hosts are remembered with affection by their neighbors.
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Publications
Title | Date | Author/Editor | Publisher/Pub. Series | ISBN/Catalog ID | Price | Pages | Format | Type | Cover Artist | Verif |
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Twice-Told Tales | 1842-00-00 | Nathaniel Hawthorne | James Munroe | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
coll | |||||
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. |
coll | ||||
The Great Stone Face and Other Tales of the White Mountains | 1935-00-00 | Nathaniel Hawthorne | Riverside Press / Houghton Mifflin | $3.00?$: US dollar |
x+ 78 |
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 | ||||
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 | ||
Classic American Short Stories | 1964-00-00 | ed. Editor of Classic American Short Stories | Barron's Educational Series | $0.75?$: US dollar |
vii+ 248 |
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 | |||
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 | ||
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 | |||
Twice-Told Tales: An Anthology of Short Fiction | 1979-00-00 | ed. Gerard A. Barker | Houghton Mifflin | 0-395-26635-1 |
xiii+ 689 |
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 | |||
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 | ||
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 | ||
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. |
coll | ||||
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 2 | 2011-12-12 | Nathaniel Hawthorne | Leonaur Ltd | 978-0-85706-801-9 | £22.99?£: UK pound |
548 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
coll | ||
The Collected Supernatural and Weird Fiction of Nathaniel Hawthorne: Volume 2 | 2011-12-12 | Nathaniel Hawthorne | Leonaur Ltd | 978-0-85706-802-6 | £14.99?£: UK pound |
548 | 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 | ||
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 | ||
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 | ||
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 |