Project Gutenberg 2005-11-01 Public domain in the USA. 59 Hawthorne, Nathaniel 1804 1864 The Sister Years (From "Twice Told Tales") Reading ease score: 62.9 (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. HTML version by Al Haines and David Widger "The Sister Years (From 'Twice Told Tales')" by Nathaniel Hawthorne is a short story written in the early to mid-19th century. This piece explores themes of time and human experience through the personification of the Old Year and the New Year as they share a conversation on the transition between years. As a work of fiction, it reflects the philosophical and moral considerations typical of Hawthorne's writing, looking at the burdens carried by each passing year and the expectations associated with the new one. In the story, the Old Year, weary and burdened by her experiences, meets her younger sister, the New Year, who arrives with hope and promise. They sit together on the steps of the City Hall, where the Old Year recounts her chronicle filled with political turmoil, lost hopes, and the fleeting nature of human endeavors. Despite her somber observations, the New Year expresses a resolute optimism, wishing to spread joy and wisdom to mankind. Their dialogue contrasts the weight of past experiences with the lightness of fresh starts, ultimately culminating in the Old Year's departure as the clock strikes midnight, leaving behind the question of how the New Year will be received in a world that often fails to appreciate the gifts of time. (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: Literature Browsing: Fiction 43948 43949 2024-11-04T09:48:21.450662 2023-10-04T09:12:26.278855 text/html text/html 40504 2021-01-28T09:04:34 text/html; charset=utf-8 15387 2021-01-28T09:04:34 text/html; charset=utf-8 application/zip 96764 2024-11-04T09:48:27.092615 application/epub+zip 95591 2024-11-04T09:48:24.859635 application/epub+zip 76155 2024-11-04T09:48:23.572649 application/epub+zip 220017 2024-11-04T09:48:28.627632 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 213587 2024-11-04T09:48:26.338639 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 184824 2022-09-05T03:31:26.351433 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 36036 35984 2024-11-04T09:48:21.189672 2023-10-04T09:12:26.120854 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 36190 2021-01-02T00:10:40 text/plain; charset=utf-8 14337 2021-01-02T00:10:40 text/plain; charset=utf-8 application/zip 35979 2021-01-02T00:10:40 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 14280 2021-01-02T00:10:40 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 22305 2024-11-04T09:48:28.751607 application/rdf+xml 16079 2024-11-04T09:48:24.188639 image/jpeg 3719 2024-11-04T09:48:23.905638 image/jpeg 95402 2024-11-04T09:48:21.455659 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