Project Gutenberg 2005-11-01 Public domain in the USA. 201 Hawthorne, Nathaniel 1804 1864 The Sister Years (From "Twice Told Tales") Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twice-Told_Tales Produced by David Widger. HTML version by Al Haines and David Widger "The Sister Years (From 'Twice Told Tales')" by Nathaniel Hawthorne is a short story written in the early to mid-19th century. This piece explores themes of time and human experience through the personification of the Old Year and the New Year as they share a conversation on the transition between years. As a work of fiction, it reflects the philosophical and moral considerations typical of Hawthorne's writing, looking at the burdens carried by each passing year and the expectations associated with the new one. In the story, the Old Year, weary and burdened by her experiences, meets her younger sister, the New Year, who arrives with hope and promise. They sit together on the steps of the City Hall, where the Old Year recounts her chronicle filled with political turmoil, lost hopes, and the fleeting nature of human endeavors. Despite her somber observations, the New Year expresses a resolute optimism, wishing to spread joy and wisdom to mankind. Their dialogue contrasts the weight of past experiences with the lightness of fresh starts, ultimately culminating in the Old Year's departure as the clock strikes midnight, leaving behind the question of how the New Year will be received in a world that often fails to appreciate the gifts of time. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 62.9 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read. en Short stories New England -- Social life and customs -- Fiction Historical fiction, American PS Text Children's Literature Browsing: Culture/Civilization/Society Browsing: Literature Browsing: Fiction 44051 2025-06-04T08:56:36.030427 text/html 40504 2021-01-28T09:04:34 text/html; charset=utf-8 15387 2021-01-28T09:04:34 text/html; charset=utf-8 application/zip 96844 2025-06-04T08:56:41.770422 application/epub+zip 95590 2025-06-04T08:56:39.419432 application/epub+zip 76154 2025-06-04T08:56:38.149422 application/epub+zip 220003 2025-06-04T08:56:43.425411 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 213587 2025-06-04T08:56:40.998419 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 184824 2022-09-05T03:31:26.351433 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 36229 2025-06-04T08:56:35.768428 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 36190 2021-01-02T00:10:40 text/plain; charset=utf-8 14337 2021-01-02T00:10:40 text/plain; charset=utf-8 application/zip 35979 2021-01-02T00:10:40 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 14280 2021-01-02T00:10:40 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 21333 2025-06-04T08:56:43.664398 application/rdf+xml 16079 2025-06-04T08:56:38.758414 image/jpeg 3719 2025-06-04T08:56:38.482425 image/jpeg 95447 2025-06-04T08:56:36.036516 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