This edition of Young Goodman Brown and Other Short Stories contains seven stories by Nathaniel Hawthorne. Hawthorne's short stories were originally published in newspapers and periodicals, and then were collected into volumes of short stories. The stories in this unit, and in this edition, were written between 1832 and 1850, and come from three of Hawthorne's original short story collections.
The most well-known and compelling of the stories in this unit is "Young Goodman Brown." Originally published in 1835, the story takes place near Salem, MA, and reflects the faith and existential crises Young Goodman Brown experiences during a seemingly mundane errand. When Young Goodman Brown...
