# The White Old Maid (From "Twice Told Tales")

Author: Hawthorne, Nathaniel, 1804-1864

Genre: Children's Literature

Language: English

License: Public domain

Source: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/9214

Amazon editions: https://www.amazon.com/s?k=The+White+Old+Maid+%28From+%22Twice+Told+Tales%22%29+Hawthorne&tag=cyberlibrar00-20

## Summary

The moonbeams came through two deep and narrow windows, and showed a spacious chamber, richly furnished in an antique fashion. From one lattice, the shadow of the diamond panes was thrown upon the floor; the ghostly light, through the other, slept upon a bed, falling between the heavy silken curtains, and illuminating the face of a young man. But, how quietly the slumberer lay! how pale his features! and how like a shroud the sheet was wound about his frame! Yes; it was a corpse, in its burial-clothes.

## Chapters

- [Chapter 1](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-white-old-maid-from-twice-told-tales-9214/chapters/1/index.md)