My Kinsman, Major Molineux

"My Kinsman, Major Molineux"
Short story by Nathaniel Hawthorne
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Genre(s)Short story
Publication
Published inThe Token (1st)
The Snow-Image, and Other Twice-Told Tales
Publication typePeriodical (1st)
Short story collection
PublisherSamuel Goodrich (1st)
Ticknor, Reed & Fields
Media typePrint
Publication date1832 (1st)
1852

"My Kinsman, Major Molineux" is a short story written by American author Nathaniel Hawthorne in 1831. It first appeared in the 1832 edition of The Token, published by Samuel Goodrich. It later appeared in The Snow-Image, and Other Twice-Told Tales, a collection of short stories by Hawthorne published in 1852 by Ticknor, Reed & Fields. The story exemplifies the darkest times of American development.