Septimius Felton, or, the Elixir of Life
Septimius Felton, or, the Elixir of Life
By Nathaniel Hawthorne
26 Sep, 2019
Brief Extract: In this spot "Septimius Felton" was written; but the manuscript, thrown aside, as mentioned in the Dedicatory Preface to "Our Old Home" as an "abortive project." As will be found explained in the Introductory Notes to "The Dolliver Rom
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Brief Extract: In this spot "Septimius Felton" was written; but the manuscript, thrown aside, as mentioned in the Dedicatory Preface to "Our Old Home" as an "abortive project." As will be found explained in the Introductory Notes to "The Dolliver Romance" and "The Ancestral Footstep," that phase of the same general design which was developed in the "Dolliver" was intended to take the place of this unfinished sketch since resuscitated. Less