This is a short story by Nathaniel Hawthorne, who is famous for “This is a short story by Nathaniel Hawthorne, who is famous for “The Scarlet Letter.” This story was published in the collection titled “The Snow Image and Other Twice Told Tales.” The tales were a two-volume collection, and the first where Hawthorne attached his real name to the works. His writings are considered part of the Romanticism genre, which is characterized by personal freedom from social institutions.