At little Harley College in the New England hills, the young ward of the college president, Ellen Langton, draws the attention of two very different students: the cheerful Edward Walcott and the pale, solitary scholar Fanshawe. When a stranger arrives with designs on Ellen, the quiet college town becomes the scene of abduction and pursuit.
Published anonymously in 1828 and later suppressed by Hawthorne himself, it shows the first workings of the author of The Scarlet Letter. Download the free EPUB.