Project Gutenberg 2005-11-01 Public domain in the USA. 78 Hawthorne, Nathaniel 1804 1864 Sylph Etherege (From: "The Snow Image and Other Twice-Told Tales") David Widger "Sylph Etherege" by Nathaniel Hawthorne is a short story written during the mid-19th century, a time noted for its romantic literary movements. This tale explores themes of love, fantasy, and the collision of dreams with reality, centering around a delicate and imaginative young woman named Sylvia Etherege who finds herself caught in a web of manipulation and romantic idealism. In the narrative, Sylvia, an orphan raised in seclusion, has long imagined her cousin Edgar Vaughan as her ideal lover, referring to her as "Sylph," reflecting her ethereal qualities. Upon his return from Europe, she is set to meet him for the first time. However, Edward Hamilton, a companion of Vaughan, darkly toys with Sylvia’s attachment to this fantasy by presenting himself as Vaughan and ultimately shattering her illusions by exposing the fabricated nature of her dreams. The story culminates with a deep exploration of Sylvia's emotional turmoil as she grapples with the loss of her idealized love, leading her to question her very existence and identity in a poignant conclusion that reveals the consequences of romantic fantasy clashing with harsh realities. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 68.8 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read. en Short stories New England -- Social life and customs -- Fiction Historical fiction, American PS Text Category: Short Stories Category: American Literature 42578 2025-07-04T08:15:52.640126 text/html 42461 2022-05-16T01:44:49 text/html 78853 2025-07-04T08:15:56.003135 application/epub+zip 77736 2025-07-04T08:15:54.095134 application/epub+zip 77736 2025-07-04T08:15:53.142194 application/epub+zip 146663 2025-07-04T08:15:57.439105 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 140556 2025-07-04T08:15:55.458109 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 127263 2022-09-05T03:34:31.302428 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 36273 2025-07-04T08:15:52.312155 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 36053 2022-05-16T01:47:41 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 19108 2025-07-04T08:15:57.555094 application/rdf+xml 10593 2025-07-04T08:15:53.614118 image/jpeg 3068 2025-07-04T08:15:53.377111 image/jpeg 13932 2022-05-16T01:48:07 application/octet-stream application/zip 15156 2022-05-16T01:48:27 application/octet-stream application/zip 75565 2025-07-04T08:15:52.645152 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