Title: Drowne's Wooden Image
Title Record # 1079476
Author: Nathaniel Hawthorne
Date: 1844-07-00
Type: SHORTFICTION
Length: short story
Language: English
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Author: Nathaniel Hawthorne
Date: 1844-07-00
Type: SHORTFICTION
Length: short story
Language: English
Note: First published in Godey's Magazine and Lady's Book, July 1844.
Synopsis: "Drowne, a woodcarver who has established a reputation for producing adequate but not inspired figures, accepts a commission from Captain Hunnewell to carve a specific figurehead for Hunnewell's ship the Cynosure. As he works upon the carving, Drowne becomes more engaged with his artistry and more aware of the potential to convey the energy and dynamism of the human form in sculpture. Like Pygmalion, whose myth inspires this tale, Drowne falls in love with his creation and wishes it were real. Hawthorne reveals that a living version of this figure does exist when she [a woman from Portugal] appears in the company of Captain Hunnewell. The carved figure of the mysterious lady is Drowne's one great success; afterward he returns to being 'the mechanical carver in wood, without the power even of appreciating the work that his own hands had wrought." -- Dr. Melissa Pennell
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Mosses from an Old Manse | 1846-00-00 | Nathaniel Hawthorne | Wiley and Putnam |
207+ 211 |
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
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Mosses from an Old Manse | 1854-00-00 | Nathaniel Hawthorne | Ticknor and Fields |
286+ 297 |
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
coll | ||||
Allegories of the Heart | 1890-00-00 | Nathaniel Hawthorne | Henry Altemus Company | 238 | 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. |
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Little Masterpieces | 1898-00-00 | Nathaniel Hawthorne | Doubleday & McClure |
x+ 192 |
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 | ||||
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 | ||||
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. |
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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 | ||
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 | |||
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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The Collected Supernatural and Weird Fiction of Nathaniel Hawthorne: Volume 1 | 2011-12-12 | Nathaniel Hawthorne | Leonaur Ltd | 978-0-85706-799-9 | £22.99?£: UK pound |
544 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
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The Collected Supernatural and Weird Fiction of Nathaniel Hawthorne: Volume 1 | 2011-12-12 | Nathaniel Hawthorne | Leonaur Ltd | 978-0-85706-800-2 | £14.99?£: UK pound |
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. |
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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. |
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 |