John Inglefield's Thanksgiving (From: "The Snow Image and Other Twice-Told Tales")
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Nathaniel Hawthorne
Born in 1804, Nathaniel Hawthorne is known for his historical tales and novels about American colonial society. After publishing The Scarlet Letter in 1850, its status as an instant bestseller allowed him to earn a living as a novelist. Full of dark romanticism, psychological complexity, symbolism, and cautionary tales, his work is still popular today. He has earned a place in history as one of the most distinguished American writers of the nineteenth century.
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Title: John Inglefield's Thanksgiving
(from The Snow Image and Other Twice-Told Tales
)
Author: Nathaniel Hawthorne
Release Date: November, 2005 [EBook #9241]
First Posted: September 18, 2003
Last Updated: April 3, 2013
Language: English
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THE SNOW-IMAGE
AND
OTHER TWICE-TOLD TALES
JOHN INGLEFIELD'S THANKSGIVING
By
Nathaniel Hawthorne
On the evening of Thanksgiving day, John Inglefield, the blacksmith, sat in his elbow-chair, among those who had been keeping festival at his board. Being the central figure of the domestic circle, the fire threw its strongest light on his massive and sturdy frame, reddening his rough visage, so that it looked like the head of an iron statue, all aglow, from his own forge, and with its features rudely fashioned on his own anvil. At John Inglefield's right hand was an empty chair. The other places round the hearth were filled by the members of the family, who all sat quietly, while, with a semblance of fantastic merriment, their shadows danced on the wall behind then. One of the group was John Inglefield's son, who had been bred at college, and was now a