{"product_id":"mosses-from-an-old-manse-9780812966053","title":"Mosses from an Old Manse","description":"\u003ci\u003eMosses from an Old Manse\u003c\/i\u003e is Nathaniel Hawthorne's second story collection, first published in 1846 in two volumes and featuring sketches and tales written over a span of more than twenty years, including such classics as \"Young Goodman Brown,\" \"The Birthmark,\" and \"Rappaccini's Daughter.\" Herman Melville deemed Hawthorne the American Shakespeare, and Henry James wrote that his early tales possess \"the element of simple genius, the quality of imagination. That is the real charm of Hawthorne's writing--this purity and spontaneity and naturalness of fancy.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eMary Oliver\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of eleven books of poetry, including \u003ci\u003eAmerican Primitive\u003c\/i\u003e, for which she was awarded the Pulitzer Prize; \u003ci\u003eNew and Selected Poems\u003c\/i\u003e, which won the National Book Award; and \u003ci\u003eHouse of Light\u003c\/i\u003e, which won the Christopher Award and the L. L. Winship\/PEN New England Award. She lives in Provincetown, Massachusetts.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Modern Library","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50492124004626,"sku":"9780812966053","price":15.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_46e6cd7b-58ed-4e88-af94-120a5fdf9198.jpg?v=1760432373","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/mosses-from-an-old-manse-9780812966053","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}