Devil Knows Best, The - A Short Story Collection: The Devil offers many things and in return takes everything.

Written by Nathaniel Hawthorne, Niccolò Machiavelli, Anatole France and 5 more

Narrated by David Shaw-Parker, Christopher Ragland and Elliot Fitzpatrick

Ok, so here’s the deal. You would like untold riches, power, fame and flesh. I can give you that for the rest of your earthly life. But I would like a little something in return. Of course, nothing so coarse as to hamper your rampant greed for the rest of your life. No, merely your soul for eternity. Is it a bargain we both agree? Splendid. Let us begin.

Greed and desire are all things in small measure that we sometimes pursue but in the hands of authors such as Nathaniel Hawthorne, William Makepeace Thackeray, Anatole France and others the appetite for both is somewhat more ambitious.

1 - The Devil Knows Best - A Short Story Collection - An Introduction

2 - The Devil In Manuscript by Nathaniel Hawthorne

3 - Belphagor by Niccolo Machiavelli

4 - The Devil and Tom Walker by Washington Irving

5 - Lucifer by Anatole France

6 - The Devil's Wager by William Makepeace Thackeray

7 - Madam Lucifer by Richard Garnett

8 - The Devil's Mother-in-Law by Fernan Caballeron

9 - From the Memoirs of Satan by Wilhelm Hauff

• Language: English
• Publisher: The Copyright Group Audio
• Release date: Jan 1, 2023
• ISBN: 9781803547855

Nathaniel Hawthorne

Nathaniel Hawthorne (1804-1864) was an American writer whose work was aligned with the Romantic movement. Much of his output, primarily set in New England, was based on his anti-puritan views. He is a highly regarded writer of short stories, yet his best-known works are his novels, including The Scarlet Letter (1850), The House of Seven Gables (1851), and The Marble Faun (1860). Much of his work features complex and strong female characters and offers deep psychological insights into human morality and social constraints.