title: Young Goodman Brown and Other Tales (Oxford World's Classics)
author:  Nathaniel Hawthorne 
description: `An excellent edition of this seminal story by Hawthorne, with a helpful introduction to these tales, and excellent explanatary notes.' Lionel Kelly, University of Reading 'This collection offers a good selection of the well known and the less available tales. The introduction presents a stimulating analysis of Hawthorne's art and hios view of the role/identity of the writer. The notes na dbibliographical details anr excellent.' K.M.Parkinson, Roehampton Institute of Higher Education. 'Although I don't expect to use the text myself at the moment, I'm greatly pleased to see these early examples of the genre being published in so accessible a form.' B.D.Ingraham, Teesside Polytechnic.
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  Young Goodman Brown  
    
  
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  # Young Goodman Brown
  
  
  ### Nathaniel Hawthorne
  
  
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  Young Goodman Brown came forth at sunset into the street at Salem village; but
  put his head back, after crossing the threshold, to exchange a parting kiss
  with his young wife. And Faith, as the wife was aptly named, thrust her own
  pretty head into the street, letting the wind play with the pink ribbons of
  her cap while she called to Goodman Brown.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  "Dearest heart," whispered she, softly and rather sadly, when her lips were
  close to his ear, "prithee put off your journey until sunrise and sleep in
  your own bed to-night. A lone woman is troubled with such dreams and such
  thoughts that she's afeard of herself sometimes. Pray tarry with me this
  night, dear husband, of all nights in the year."
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  "My love and my Faith