"Edward Fane's Rosebud (From "Twice Told Tales")" by Nathaniel Hawthorne is one of the beloved American writer's most famous short stories. The story tells the tale of Widow Toothaker as she recounts her youth as the beloved "Rosebud" of Edward Fane. Acting as a character study, the story follows the widow as she marries and eventually comes a nurse to the sick and dying following the untimely death of her husband.