# The Man of Adamant

_(From: "The Snow Image and Other Twice-Told Tales")_

By Nathaniel Hawthorne.

"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. (Summary by Project Gutenberg, written by machine.)

- Language: English
- Subjects: Short stories; New England -- Social life and customs -- Fiction; Historical fiction, American

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