Grandfather’s Chair

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Grandfather’s Chair

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Prehistory (1646?–1865)
…atmosphere was further lightened by Grandfather’s Chair (1841) and its sequels, retellings of stories from New England history by Nathaniel Hawthorne. These were followed in 1852–53 by his redactions, rather unacceptable today, of Greek legends in The Wonder Book for Girls and Boys and Tanglewood Tales for Girls and Boys.…
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…atmosphere was further lightened by Grandfather’s Chair (1841) and its sequels, retellings of stories from New England history by Nathaniel Hawthorne. These were followed in 1852–53 by his redactions, rather unacceptable today, of Greek legends in The Wonder Book for Girls and Boys and Tanglewood Tales for Girls and Boys.…
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