Tanglewood Tales - Nathaniel Hawthorne - Books - Independently Published - 9798709579743 - March 29, 2021
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Tanglewood Tales

Book Excerpt: ..."The earth around it is certainly a little cracked!""No, no, child!" his mother hastily answered. "It is not possible you can have moved it, such a boy as you still are!"Nor would she be convinced, although Theseus showed her the place where he fancied that the stem of a flower had been partly uprooted by the movement of the rock. But Aethra sighed, and looked disquieted; for, no doubt, she began to be conscious that her son was no longer a child, and that, in a little while hence, she must send him forth among the perils and troubles of the world. It was not more than a year afterwards when they were again sitting on the moss-covered stone. Aethra had once more told him the oft-repeated story of his father, and how gladly he would receive Theseus at his stately palace, and how he would present him to his courtiers and the people, and tell them that here was the heir of his dominions. The eyes of Theseus glowed with enthusiasm, and he would hardly sit still to hear his mother speak...

Media Books     Paperback Book   (Book with soft cover and glued back)
Released March 29, 2021
ISBN13 9798709579743
Publishers Independently Published
Pages 140
Dimensions 127 × 203 × 8 mm   ·   145 g
Language English  

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