Mosses from an old manse By: Nathaniel Hawthorne: Short stories

Mosses from an Old Manse is a short story collection by Nathaniel Hawthorne, first published in 1846. Background and publication history[edit] The collection includes several previously-published short stories, and was named in honor of The Old Manse where Hawthorne and his wife lived for the first three years of their marriage. The first edition was published in 1846. Hawthorne seems to have been paid $75 for the publication. Critical reception After the book's first publication, Hawthorne...