Project Gutenberg 2005-11-01 Public domain in the USA. 132 Hawthorne, Nathaniel 1804 1864 Fancy's Show-Box (From "Twice Told Tales") Reading ease score: 65.8 (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 "Fancy's Show-Box (From 'Twice Told Tales')" by Nathaniel Hawthorne is a morality tale written in the early 19th century (Romantic era). The book delves into the complex nature of guilt, exploring the consequences of sinful thoughts and actions on the human soul. It raises philosophical questions about the implications of unacted desires and the weight of conscience in judging moral character. In this narrative, the protagonist, Mr. Smith, a seemingly virtuous elderly man, experiences an unsettling evening as he is visited by personifications of Fancy, Memory, and Conscience. Through a series of vivid and troubling scenes presented by Fancy from her box of pictures, he is confronted with the dark echoes of his past thoughts and actions that never materialized into deeds but still haunt him. Each image forces him to grapple with the depths of his conscience as Memory recounts his past, revealing how even unexecuted intentions can torment the soul. Ultimately, the story serves as a poignant examination of inner conflict, suggesting that guilt and repentance are intrinsic to the human experience, regardless of outward appearances of morality. (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: Children & Young Adult Reading Browsing: Culture/Civilization/Society Browsing: History - American Browsing: Literature Browsing: Fiction 42204 41998 2025-02-04T08:41:00.021402 2023-10-04T09:12:12.177745 text/html text/html 36927 2021-01-02T00:10:24 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 14038 2021-01-02T00:10:24 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 100839 2025-02-04T08:41:05.840378 application/epub+zip 99491 2025-02-04T08:41:03.557396 application/epub+zip 80969 2025-02-04T08:41:02.287391 application/epub+zip 231648 2025-02-04T08:41:07.357382 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 225393 2025-02-04T08:41:04.967393 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 194928 2022-09-05T03:31:07.859286 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 33315 33308 2025-02-04T08:40:59.747410 2023-10-04T09:12:11.998765 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 33275 2021-01-02T00:10:23 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 13143 2021-01-02T00:10:24 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 20992 2025-02-04T08:41:07.479370 application/rdf+xml 17122 2025-02-04T08:41:02.822384 image/jpeg 3844 2025-02-04T08:41:02.555393 image/jpeg 98616 2025-02-04T08:41:00.026413 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