Hawthorne lived to finish only three chapters of this romance of the elixir of life, here gathered with an introductory note. Dr. Dolliver, an ancient apothecary in a New England town, tends his little great-granddaughter Pansie and his shop, while a mysterious cordial and the family’s long hunger for longer life hint at the novel that might have been.
A haunting fragment, essential for readers following Hawthorne to the end of his career. Download the free EPUB.