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The Canterbury Pilgrims

Nathaniel Hawthorne

First published 1851
Type Short Fiction
Length Short Story

As a young couple decides to leave a Shaker community, new comers arrive and they talk; everyone tells them how disappointing the world is and tries to give them advice on how not to make mistakes. But they are determined to make their own way.

First published (uncredited) in The Token, 1833.

Date Publication Publisher Type Page
1851 The Snow-Image, and Other Tales Henry G. Bohn Collection 90
January 1852 Cover The Snow-Image, and Other Twice-Told Tales Ticknor, Reed, and Fields Collection 145
1937 Cover The Complete Novels and Selected Tales of Nathaniel Hawthorne Modern Library Omnibus 1196
1950 Selected Tales and Sketches Rinehart Collection |6
1970 Cover Selected Tales and Sketches Holt, Rinehart and Winston Collection 102
1982 Cover Tales and Sketches The Library of America Omnibus 156
2007 Tales and Sketches The Library of America Omnibus |156
December 2011 Cover The Collected Supernatural and Weird Fiction of Nathaniel Hawthorne: Volume 4 Leonaur Ltd Collection
December 2011 Cover The Collected Supernatural and Weird Fiction of Nathaniel Hawthorne: Volume 4 Leonaur Ltd Collection