Anthony, the Patron of Lost Objects, a powerful intercessor and the favorite Saint of many Catholics. Includes all the famous stories about him.

    The motif and title story, ‘The Figure in the Carpet’, is an inspired joke, a masterpiece of double-entendre that demands the reader’s undivided love and attention and continues to baffle its critics. Also included are ‘The Author of Beltraffio’, an absorbing story of family infighting, authorship and tragedy, and ‘The Private Life’, a spirited tale that considers the contrast between the artist alone and at work. While many of these stories appear to be elaborate Jamesian games, all employ irony and humour to allegorize artistic creation.The Author of Betraffio --The Lesson of the Master --The Private Life --The Middle Years --The Death of the Lion --The Next Time --The Figure in the Carpet --John Delavoy.

    Two Volumes in One. Hawthorne, who, like Edgar Allan Poe, took a dark view of human nature, was a central figure in the American Renaissance. His best-known works include The Scarlet Letter and The House of the Seven Gables. After his death his wife edited and published his notebooks Passages from the American Notebooks, Passages from the English Notebooks, and Passages from the French and Italian Notebooks. See other titles by this author available from Kessinger Publishing