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Oldtown Fireside Stories
Set in early Massachusetts, the book captures the warmth and charm of traditional storytelling around the hearth, weaving together tales filled with local legends, supernatural elements, and moral lessons.
"Oldtown Fireside Stories" by Harriet Beecher Stowe is a collection of short stories. Set in early Massachusetts, the book captures the warmth and charm of traditional storytelling around the hearth, weaving together tales filled with local legends, supernatural elements, and moral lessons.
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“Come, Sam, tell us a story,” said I, as Harry and I crept to his knees, in the glow of the bright evening firelight; while Aunt Lois was busily rattling the tea-things, and grandmamma, at the other end of the fireplace, was quietly setting the heel of a blue-mixed yarn stocking.
Contents
- 01The Ghost in the Mill
- 02Old Cack Knew Him Too, Page 020
- 03Tailpiece, Page 024
- 04The Sullivan Looking-glass, Page 025
- 05The Sullivan Looking-Glass.
- 06Tailpiece, Page 052
- 07The Minister's Housekeeper, Page 053
- 08The Minister's Housekeeper.
- 09Huldy Came Behind Chokin' With Laugh, Page 065
- 10I've Thrown the Pig in The Well, Page 070
- 11Tailpiece, Page 078
- 12The Widow's Bandbox, Page 079
- 13The Widow's Bandbox.
- 14Tailpiece, Page 102
- 15Captain Kidd's Money, Page 108
- 16Captain Kidd's Money.
- 17They Dug Down About Five Feet, Page 119
- 18Mis' Elderkin's Pitcher, Page 122
- 19“Mis' Elderkin's Pitcher.”
- 20Ghost in Cap'n Brown House, Page 139
- 21The Ghost in the Cap'n Brownhouse.
- 22Stood There Lookin' Right at Cinthy, Page 149
About this edition
- Author
- Harriet Beecher Stowe
- Language
- English
- Era
- Modern (c. 1800–1945)
- Reading level
- Introductory: no background needed
- Formats
- EPUB, PDF
- Length
- 102 pages
- This edition
- Modern Philosophers
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