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David Swan: A Fantasy

Nathaniel Hawthorne

First published 1837
Type Short Fiction
Length Short Story

An allegorical story in which a young man falls asleep under a tree and various signiicant figures pass him by, he being unaware of them.

First published (uncredited) in The Token and Atlantic Souvenir in 1837.

Date Publication Publisher Type Page
1837 Cover Twice-Told Tales American Stationers Co. Collection 261
1842 Twice-Told Tales James Munroe Collection |13
1875 Life James R. Osgood and Co. Anthology 99
1907 Cover Twice-Told Tales Houghton Mifflin Collection 211
1937 Cover The Complete Novels and Selected Tales of Nathaniel Hawthorne Modern Library Omnibus 937
1965 Cover Twice-Told Tales Airmont Books Collection 110
1982 Cover Tales and Sketches The Library of America Omnibus 429
October 1989 Cover Twice-Told Tales Reader's Digest Collection 120
2001 Cover Twice-Told Tales Modern Library Collection 139
October 2004 Twice-Told Tales Project Gutenberg Collection 175
2007 Tales and Sketches The Library of America Omnibus |429
August 2010 Cover Twice-Told Tales Gray Rabbit Publications Collection 116
June 2012 Cover Twice-Told Tales ReadHowYouWant Collection 330