Project Gutenberg 2005-11-01 Public domain in the USA. 137 Hawthorne, Nathaniel 1804 1864 A Bell's Biography From: "The Snow Image and Other Twice-Told Tales" David Widger "A Bell's Biography" by Nathaniel Hawthorne is a reflective piece written during the early to mid-19th century. This work is a blend of philosophical essay and narrative biography, centering on the life of a bell that has witnessed significant historical events and transformations around it. The topic revolves around the bell's journey from its origins to its place in society, serving as a symbol of the passage of time and the shared experiences of humans. In this narrative, Hawthorne personifies the bell, giving it a voice that recalls its storied past from a French chapel to a meeting house in New England. The bell has seen the conversion of Native Americans, the tumult of war, and the passage of generations, tolling for weddings and funerals alike. Its sound evokes a multitude of human emotions and events, from joy to sorrow, linking the personal to the communal. Hawthorne explores themes of mortality, memory, and the continuity of life through the bell's enduring resonance, ultimately suggesting that despite the toll of time, the core of human experience remains unchanged. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 65.2 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read. en Bells PS Text Category: Essays, Letters & Speeches Category: American Literature 40708 2025-08-04T08:25:42.667544 text/html 40652 2022-05-16T01:23:58 text/html 87861 2025-08-04T08:25:47.049546 application/epub+zip 86765 2025-08-04T08:25:45.063539 application/epub+zip 81456 2025-08-04T08:25:44.049543 application/epub+zip 171399 2025-08-04T08:25:48.573531 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 165078 2025-08-04T08:25:46.467553 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 139631 2022-09-05T03:34:25.296387 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 34879 2025-08-04T08:25:42.443565 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 34667 2022-05-16T01:26:35 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 18012 2025-08-04T08:25:48.702524 application/rdf+xml 12532 2025-08-04T08:25:44.537551 image/jpeg 3521 2025-08-04T08:25:44.292546 image/jpeg 13841 2022-05-16T01:27:06 application/octet-stream application/zip 15059 2022-05-16T01:27:26 application/octet-stream application/zip 84566 2025-08-04T08:25:42.671553 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