The Celestial Railroad

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Nathaniel Hawthorne

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"The Celestial Railroad" is short story written as an allegory by American author Nathaniel Hawthorne. In it, Hawthorne parodies the seventeenth-century book The Pilgrim's Progress by John Bunyan, which portrays a Christian's spiritual "journey" through life. In this story, the pilgrim journeys by iron horse rather than by foot, the burden of sin that Bunyan portrays is pulled by the same train...

Author Biography:

Nathaniel Hawthorne, (born July 4, 1804, Salem, Mass., U.S.-died May 19, 1864, Plymouth, N.H.), American novelist and short-story writer who was a master of the allegorical and symbolic tale. One of the greatest fiction writers in American literature, he is best known for The Scarlet Letter (1850) and The House of the Seven Gables (1851).

Release date NZ

March 5th, 2017

Author

Nathaniel Hawthorne

Contributor

By (photographer) Charles Osgood

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General (US: Trade)

Dimensions

152x229x1

ISBN-13

9781544089478

Product ID

37475865

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