Project Gutenberg 2004-12-01 Public domain in the USA. 107 Hawthorne, Nathaniel 1804 1864 Hawthorne, Julian 1846 1934 Doctor Grimshawe's Secret — a Romance Reading ease score: 57.4 (10th to 12th grade). Somewhat difficult to read. Text file produced by Michelle Shephard, Eric Eldred, Charles Franks and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team HTML file produced by David Widger "Doctor Grimshawe's Secret — a Romance" by Nathaniel Hawthorne is a novel written in the late 19th century. The story revolves around a mysterious figure named Doctor Grimshawe, an elderly man with a somewhat grim demeanor, who lives in a house adjacent to a graveyard. He is the guardian of two children: a lively boy named Ned and a sweet girl named Elsie. Their unusual living situation, paired with the Doctor’s eccentricity and the presence of a formidable, almost mythical spider, sets the stage for a narrative that delves into themes of family, identity, and the supernatural. At the start of the novel, readers are introduced to the unsettling atmosphere of Doctor Grimshawe's home, which is cluttered with dust and cobwebs, and overlooks a graveyard where the children often play. This juxtaposition of life and death creates a rich backdrop for the story. The Doctor himself is described as both a healer and an outsider, whose practice combines unconventional methods and ambiguous ethics. We witness his interactions with the children, particularly how he handles their inquiries about their origins, which reveals layers of depth in both his character and their relationship. The opening portion deftly sets up a narrative filled with mystery, hinting at deeper secrets within Doctor Grimshawe’s past and the enchanting, yet haunting world that surrounds the children. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Fiction PS Text Browsing: Literature Browsing: Fiction 641674 641675 2024-10-03T12:29:49.467634 2023-10-03T10:52:43.137333 text/html text/html 658523 2021-02-26T01:19:29 text/html; charset=utf-8 223239 2021-02-26T01:19:34 text/html; charset=utf-8 application/zip 322665 2024-10-03T12:29:59.404582 application/epub+zip 332877 2024-10-03T12:29:53.290596 application/epub+zip 305135 2024-10-03T12:29:51.841621 application/epub+zip 619857 2024-10-03T12:30:04.484059 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 582230 2024-10-03T12:29:58.472609 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 545972 2022-09-04T04:57:23.265273 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 561788 561629 2024-10-03T12:29:48.570651 2023-10-03T10:52:42.377328 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 566993 2016-12-14T11:40:52 text/plain; charset=utf-8 213916 2016-12-14T11:42:46 text/plain; charset=utf-8 application/zip 561452 2013-06-12T11:01:20 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 213281 2013-06-12T11:09:46 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 561447 2013-06-12T11:01:08 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 213247 2013-06-12T11:09:46 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 23844 2024-10-03T12:30:04.719062 application/rdf+xml 19829 2024-10-03T12:29:52.421601 image/jpeg 4730 2024-10-03T12:29:52.126599 image/jpeg 317166 2024-10-03T12:29:49.521641 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia en.wikipedia