Septimius Felton
by Nathaniel Hawthorne
Publisher: Houghton, Mifflin and Company 1899
ISBN/ASIN: 1426423381
Number of pages: 232
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One of Nathaniel Hawthorne's later works, Septimius Felton is a beguiling and thought-provoking tale of murder most foul. One of a series of the author's works that grapple with themes of immortality, Septimius Felton was written shortly before Hawthorne himself succumbed to a mysterious illness, a fact that lends a dimension of profound poignancy to the story.
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