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A Rill from the Town-Pump

Nathaniel Hawthorne

First published 1837
Type Short Fiction
Length Short Story

The town pump recounts its history from its origins as a streamlet, and comments on the temperance movement.

First published in the New England Magazine, June 1835.

Date Publication Publisher Type Page
1837 Cover Twice-Told Tales American Stationers Co. Collection 201
1842 Twice-Told Tales James Munroe Collection |10
1907 Cover Twice-Told Tales Houghton Mifflin Collection 165
1965 Cover Twice-Told Tales Airmont Books Collection 83
1982 Cover Tales and Sketches The Library of America Omnibus 308
2001 Cover Twice-Told Tales Modern Library Collection 106
October 2004 Twice-Told Tales Project Gutenberg Collection 133
2007 Tales and Sketches The Library of America Omnibus |308
August 2010 Cover Twice-Told Tales Gray Rabbit Publications Collection 89
June 2012 Cover Twice-Told Tales ReadHowYouWant Collection 249