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The Lily's Quest: An Apologue

Nathaniel Hawthorne

First published 1842
Type Short Fiction
Length Short Story

A religious parable: Two lovers, Adam and Lilias, intend to build a "temple of happiness;" at its completion, Lilias dies. Adam discovers that its foundations have been built on an ancient sepulcher.

First published in the Southern Rose, 19 January 1839.

Date Publication Publisher Type Page
1842 Twice-Told Tales James Munroe Collection |36
1907 Cover Twice-Told Tales Houghton Mifflin Collection 495
1982 Cover Tales and Sketches The Library of America Omnibus 685
2001 Cover Twice-Told Tales Modern Library Collection 346
October 2004 Twice-Told Tales Project Gutenberg Collection 427
2007 Tales and Sketches The Library of America Omnibus |685
August 2010 Cover Twice-Told Tales Gray Rabbit Publications Collection 284
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