While traveling through the White Mountains, Hawthorne hears local legends, including the one that inspired "The Great Carbuncle."
First published in the New England Magazine, November 1835. One of three pieces under the collective title "Sketches from Memory" in the second edition of Mosses from an Old Manse.
| Date | Publication | Publisher | Type | Page | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1854 | Mosses from an Old Manse | Ticknor and Fields | Collection | 2214 | |
| 1935 |
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The Great Stone Face and Other Tales of the White Mountains | Riverside Press / Houghton Mifflin | Collection | 71 |
| 1982 |
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Tales and Sketches | The Library of America | Omnibus | 340 |
| 2007 | Tales and Sketches | The Library of America | Omnibus | |340 |