Short Fiction Hawthorne, Nathaniel: My Kinsman, Major Molineux. v1. 28 Jan 09

[Dr. Drib]

What we have here is the first story I've started work on by Nathaniel Hawthorne, from what I'm calling,

The Nathaniel Hawthorne Collection
Assembled by Me

(Well, remove the "me" - hahaha)

Here's the plot, taken from the Wiki:

"In the days before the American Revolution, Robin, a youth, arrives by ferry in Boston seeking his kinsman. Major Molineux, an official in the British Colonial government, has promised him work. Yet no one in town tells him where the major is. A rich man threatens the youth with prison, and an innkeeper calls him a runaway bond-servant. At every turn he meets a man with a red-and-black face, who seems at the center of many evil things. Later, he runs into the man with the painted face again, after blocking his path with a cudgel, he finally gets the answer that his kinsman will soon pass by. He waits at the spot on the steps of a church where he is greeted by the first polite gentleman he has met all night. Soon, the two men hear the roar of an approaching mob. At its head is the man with the red and black face and in its midst is Major Molineux, tarred and feathered. Disillusioned, the youth asks the old gentleman the way back to the ferry. Yet the latter restrains him, saying that it is still possible for him to thrive without his kinsman's protection."

Like all the books I assemble on MobileRead, this too was assembled to reflect human intervention and artistic judgment.

I hope you enjoy it.

Don

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[dhbailey]

Did you really put the book there? I clicked on the link and was taken to a totally blank page.

Actually I think it might be a forum problem -- clicking on any book links brings me to a blank page, so your book may be uploaded just fine.

[mtravellerh]

Originally Posted by dhbailey

Did you really put the book there? I clicked on the link and was taken to a totally blank page.

Actually I think it might be a forum problem -- clicking on any book links brings me to a blank page, so your book may be uploaded just fine.

Works fine for me.