『Footprints on the Sea-Shore (From "Twice Told Tales")』is a free short e-book of Nathaniel Hawthorne available on Project Gutenberg. It has 3,777 words and may take about 30min to read.
Words Count
30min
3,777
Words
Beginning
It must be a spirit much unlike my own, which can keep itself in health and vigor without sometimes stealing from the sultry sunshine of the world, to plunge into the cool bath of solitude.
Author
Nathaniel Hawthorne
(1804 - 1864)
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