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Plot summary. Hawthorne sets the scene in a rural valley located in an unnamed U.S. state that resembles New Hampshire. A rock formation in a nearby notch is imagined, by many locals and visitors, to resemble the shape and features of a human face:
- Nathaniel Hawthorne
- 1850
The Great Stone Face is one such shape that reminds the inhabitants of the valley of a prophecy. What was it? Did it come true? One afternoon, when the sun was going down, a mother and her little boy sat at the door of their cottage, talking about the Great Stone Face.
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The Great Stone Face (1850) is a wonderful legend about the Man of the Mountain in the White Mountains of New Hampshire. It's still there waiting for a person to be born who embodies its spirit. You might also like New Hampshire by Robert Frost. Old Man of the Mountain, New Hamshire, 1930.
Feb 25, 2006 · A classic tale of the White Mountains in New Hampshire, where a giant's face is carved on a mountain by nature. Read how a boy wishes the face could speak and a prophecy comes true.
28 min read. The Great Stone Face is an English American Literature, Dark Romanticism short story by American writer Nathaniel Hawthorne. It was first published in 1850. Liked this Story? Add to Bookmarks. Reading Mode. START.
golden light of the setting sun, appeared the Great Stone Face, with white mists around it, like the white hairs around the brow of Ernest. At that moment, Ernest’s face took on an expression so grand that the poet was moved to throw his arms up and shout. “Behold! Behold! Ernest is himself the likeness of the Great Stone Face!” diffused ...
The Old Man of the Mountain, also called the Great Stone Face and the Profile, was a series of five granite cliff ledges on Cannon Mountain in Franconia, New Hampshire, United States, that appeared to be the jagged profile of a human face when viewed from the north.
