Project Gutenberg 2004-12-01 Public domain in the USA. 121 Hawthorne, Nathaniel 1804 1864 The Dolliver Romance Produced by Mark Zinthefer, Eric Eldred, Charles Franks and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team "The Dolliver Romance" by Nathaniel Hawthorne is an unfinished novel written in the early 1860s. It explores themes of mortality, the quest for eternal life, and the relationship between an elderly apothecary, Dr. Dolliver, and his great-granddaughter, Pansie. The narrative intertwines the mystical idea of an elixir of life with the mundane realities of aging and loss, set against the backdrop of Hawthorne's characteristic philosophical musings. The story centers on Dr. Dolliver, an aging apothecary who grapples with his declining health and the memory of lost family members, including his grandson, a potentially gifted but ultimately tragic figure. As he awakens one summer morning, there is an evident newfound vigor in him, possibly due to a long-forgotten cordial. His great-granddaughter Pansie, a lively and innocent child, brings light to his dreary existence, forging a poignant connection across the generations. The narrative unfolds to reveal Dr. Dolliver's efforts to tend to both his herbal remedies and Pansie's needs while hinting at the tensions between life, death, and the yearning for immortality. The story takes a darker turn with the introduction of Colonel Dabney, whose quest for immortality through the apothecary leads to tragic consequences, emphasizing Hawthorne's exploration of the dangers of human desire and ambition. The piece remains a rich tapestry of Hawthorne's themes, even in its incomplete state. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 58.0 (10th to 12th grade). Somewhat difficult to read. en Fiction PS Text Category: Novels Category: American Literature 129479 2025-07-03T10:12:15.249539 text/html 129300 2025-01-10T22:36:47.448726 text/html 118149 2025-07-03T10:12:19.205518 application/epub+zip 118674 2025-07-03T10:12:16.788506 application/epub+zip 118674 2025-07-03T10:12:15.801531 application/epub+zip 229128 2025-07-03T10:12:21.073485 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 218874 2025-07-03T10:12:18.620549 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 193833 2022-09-04T04:38:56.023977 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 118381 2025-07-03T10:12:14.861557 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 118578 2014-09-13T20:05:58 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 118570 2014-09-13T20:05:50 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 19197 2025-07-03T10:12:21.200510 application/rdf+xml 12861 2025-07-03T10:12:16.286517 image/jpeg 3307 2025-07-03T10:12:16.045544 image/jpeg 47092 2014-09-13T20:07:36 application/octet-stream application/zip 47070 2014-09-13T20:07:36 application/octet-stream application/zip 117473 2025-07-03T10:12:15.262533 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia