A satirical allegory where a narrator rides a train from the City of Destruction toward the Celestial City, critiquing effortless paths to heaven.
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A satirical allegory where a narrator rides a train from the City of Destruction toward the Celestial City, critiquing effortless paths to heaven.
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“The Celestial Railroad,” first published in the United States Magazine and Democratic Review, XII (May, 1843), in which the reader takes a trip upon a fast train advertised as destined for heaven, is one of Hawthorne’s most accomplished ...
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Sexual content
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Violence & gore
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Christian allegory on sin, grace, and the dangers of easy morality
Magic & witchcraft
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Occult / demonology
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Satirical commentary on 19th-century religious and moral shortcuts
Self-harm / suicide
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No self-harm or suicide depicted
Abuse & suffering
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