FREEThe Man of Adamant (From: "The Snow Image and Other Twice-Told Tales")
by Hawthorne, Nathaniel, 1804-1864
"The Man of Adamant" by Nathaniel Hawthorne is a short story first published in 1837. Richard Digby abandons society to live as a hermit in a remote cave, convinced his philosophy alone is correct. When a ghostly visitor pleads with him to rejoin mankind and save his ailing heart, he refuses her compassion. His isolation leads to a terrifying transformation that will seal his fate forever in stone. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
Automated conservative edition review 2026-10-20T13:09:14.213Z (historical-original-en-v2), Philippines scope. English historical author Hawthorne, Nathaniel, died 1864; original-language author allowlist, matching sole EPUB/catalog creator, no credited contributors, no extra artwork, no flagged editorial/translation/copyright cues in isolated text. US public-domain source label and retained Gutenberg license; EPUB CRC passed. This is rule-based screening, not a worldwide rights opinion or a claim of manual review. Source: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/9240; Philippine term reference https://www.ipophil.gov.ph/copyright/. EPUB SHA256 222d68037da8e174bcec38d815dd52b42b85b47eeb2456b7b5841a1f2f7037a0; RDF SHA256 ceb54ee23d5a303f9798fe2080054a1951e99996db130062ac55278c1eed6460.
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