The Birth-Mark
By Nathaniel Hawthorne

Transcription, correction, editorial commentary, and markup by Students and Staff at the University of Virginia, Christiana Ogbulu

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New York : Wiley and Putnam, 1846"The Birth-Mark" was first published in a journal called The Pioneer in 1843. It was republished in 1846 in Hawthorne's short story collection Mosses from an Old Manse, this time with Hawthorne's authorship recognized. Our text and page images are taken from the Hathi Trust copy of the first edition, originally digitized as part of the Google Books project.

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Hawthorne, Nathaniel. "YThe Birth-Mark" . Mosses from an Old Manse, Wiley and Putnam, 1846 , 33-51 . Literature in Context: An Open Anthology. http://anthology.lib.virginia.edu/work/Hawthorne/hawthorne-birth-mark. Accessed: 2024-11-02T09:20:00.445Z