Nathaniel Hawthorne 
Chippings with a Chisel (From ’Twice Told Tales’) 

’Chippings with a Chisel (From ’Twice Told Tales’)’ by Nathaniel Hawthorne is a soothing tale about nostalgia and memory. The tale is narrated by a monument carver who reminisces about his life and work while interweaving the philosophy he developed along the way. He discusses mourning families, sick and injured he must immortalize, and how humans continue to live on in memory even after they’ve left their bodies behind.