Hawthorne, Nathaniel,  1804-1864 <br/><br/>
The Man of Adamant :  (From: "The Snow Image and Other Twice-Told Tales") 

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<br/><br/> Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Man_of_Adamant  Release date is 2005-11-01 
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<br/><br/> "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. (This is an automatically generated summary.) 
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<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Index Terms: </label>Short stories New England -- Social life and customs -- Fiction Historical fiction, American 
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