Tanglewood Tales

Nathaniel Hawthorne

About this book

Tanglewood Tales uses the Greek classics as its source. Nathaniel Hawthorne has taken the most striking and exciting ones and adapted them for children. From the original stories he has selected episodes that illustrate conceptions held by the original authors. Titles include: "The Minotaur," "The Pygmies," "The Dragon's Teeth," "Circe's Palace," "The Pomegranate Seeds" and "The Golden Fleece."

Subjects

  • american short stories
  • children
  • children's fiction
  • children's literature, american
  • children's stories
  • children's stories, american
  • classical mythology
  • classic literature
  • conduct of life
  • education
  • fiction
  • fiction, general
  • juvenile fiction
  • juvenile literature
  • male authors
  • mythologie ancienne
  • mythology
  • mythology, classical
  • mythology, classical, juvenile literature
  • ouvrages pour la jeunesse
  • readers
  • religion