Project Gutenberg 2005-11-01 Public domain in the USA. 76 Hawthorne, Nathaniel 1804 1864 Sights from a Steeple (From "Twice Told Tales") Reading ease score: 63.0 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read. Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twice-Told_Tales Produced by David Widger "Sights from a Steeple (From 'Twice Told Tales')" by Nathaniel Hawthorne is a reflective work that can be classified as a short story, written during the mid-19th century, a time marked by Romanticism in literature. The piece meditates on observation and perception, offering a unique perspective from a steeple overlooking a town, capturing the essence of human experience and the blend of the mundane with the profound as the narrator contemplates life, nature, and the human condition. In this narrative, the speaker, stationed high atop a steeple, surveys the world below with curiosity and introspection. He beholds various scenes: young lovers strolling, merchants engaged in labor, children mimicking soldiers, and a funeral procession—a juxtaposition of life’s joy and sorrow. The shifting weather mirrors these human experiences as a storm looms, and Hawthorne captures the interplay between the natural world and human emotions. The narrator's longing for deeper connection with the lives unfolding below heightens a sense of existential contemplation, culminating in a moment of hope as the sun breaks through the clouds, illuminating the chaos with a beautiful rainbow. This story encapsulates Hawthorne's interest in the complexity of human emotions and the beauty found even amidst struggle. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Short stories New England -- Social life and customs -- Fiction Historical fiction, American PS Text Children's Literature Browsing: Culture/Civilization/Society Browsing: History - American Browsing: Literature Browsing: Fiction 42096 41994 2025-04-04T08:36:56.195518 2023-10-04T09:11:58.484654 text/html text/html 37185 2021-01-02T00:10:08 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 14833 2021-01-02T00:10:08 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 101303 2025-04-04T08:37:01.725480 application/epub+zip 100040 2025-04-04T08:36:59.564529 application/epub+zip 76417 2025-04-04T08:36:58.369507 application/epub+zip 240270 2025-04-04T08:37:03.232499 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 234071 2025-04-04T08:37:00.987499 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 201293 2022-09-05T03:30:49.579629 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 34660 34653 2025-04-04T08:36:55.960504 2023-10-04T09:11:58.330634 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 34624 2021-01-02T00:10:08 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 13940 2021-01-02T00:10:08 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 20867 2025-04-04T08:37:03.359470 application/rdf+xml 18443 2025-04-04T08:36:58.895479 image/jpeg 4183 2025-04-04T08:36:58.631479 image/jpeg 100754 2025-04-04T08:36:56.206499 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