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Tanglewood Tales for Boys and Girls (1853) is a book by American author Nathaniel Hawthorne, a sequel to A Wonder-Book for Girls and Boys. It is a re-writing of some of the most famous of the ancient Greek myths in a volume for children. Although Hawthorne informs us in the introduction that these stories were also retold by Cousin Eustace, the frame stories of A Wonder-Book have been abandoned. The book covers the myths of: Hawthorne wrote the book while renting a small cottage in the Berkshires, a sort of inland Newport, Rhode Island for the wealthy industrialists of the Gilded Age. The owner of the cottage, a railroad baron, renamed the cottage "Tanglewood" in honour of the book written there. Later, a nearby mansion was renamed Tanglewood and hosted concerts which continue to this day.
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