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Nathaniel Hawthorne

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Also known as Nathaniel Hathorne, Monsieur de l'Aubépine, N. H.

American author (1804–1864)

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Nathaniel Hawthorne was a male person from the United States who lived from 4 July 1804 to 19 May 1864. He is associated with the tags American, literature, 19th century, and Spokenword. He used the pseudonym Monsieur de l’Aubépine. His notable works include *Pegasus, the winged horse*, *A wonder book for boys and girls*, *Sir William Howe's masquerade from Hawthorne's "Legends of the Province House"*, *Spectral Tales*, and *Passages from the English note-books*.

He has 1,139 listeners and a playcount of 11,411 on Last.fm. Similar artists include Henry James, Frank Herbert, Oscar Wilde, F. Scott Fitzgerald, and Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. He is referenced by 1,533 other encyclopedia articles. His quotes include, "It is perilous to make a chasm in human affections; not that they gape so long and wide—but so quickly close again!" and "Would Time but await the close of our favorite follies, we should all be young men, all of us, and until Doom's Day."

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Person · Open Library

Born
4 July 1804
Died
19 May 1864
Works
1344

Top works

  • Pegasus, the winged horse
  • A wonder book for boys and girls
  • Sir William Howe's masquerade from Hawthorne's "Legends of the Province House"
  • Spectral Tales
  • Passages from the English note-books [of Nathaniel Hawthorne.]

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Music · MusicBrainz

Type
Person
Gender
Male
Origin
United States
Active from
1804-07-04
Active to
1864-05-19

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Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners
1,139
Total plays
11,411

Tags

Audiobookamericanliterature19th centurySpokenword

Similar artists

Henry JamesFrank HerbertOscar WildeF. Scott FitzgeraldSir Arthur Conan Doyle

Nathaniel Hawthorne (born Nathaniel Hathorne; July 4, 1804 – May 19, 1864) was an American novelist and short story writer. Nathaniel Hathorne was born in 1804 in the city of Salem, Massachusetts to Nathaniel Hathorne and Elizabeth Clarke Manning Hathorne. He later changed his name to "Hawthorne", adding a "w" to dissociate from relatives including John Hathorne, a judge during the Salem Witch Trials. Hawthorne attended Bowdoin College and graduated <a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Nathaniel+Hawthorne">Read more on Last.fm</a>

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Quotes

  • If his inmost heart could have been laid open, there would have been discovered that dream of undying fame, which, dream as it is, is more powerful than a thousand realities.
  • Let us forget the other names of American statesmen, that have been stamped upon these hills, but still call the loftiest — WASHINGTON. Mountains are Earth's undecaying monuments. They must stand while she endures, and never should be consecrated to the mere great men of their own age and country, but to the mighty ones alone, whose glory is universal, and whom all time will render illustrious.
  • It is perilous to make a chasm in human affections; not that they gape so long and wide—but so quickly close again!
  • Would Time but await the close of our favorite follies, we should all be young men, all of us, and until Doom's Day.
  • Amid the seeming confusion of our mysterious world, individuals are so nicely adjusted to a system, and systems to one another and to a whole, that, by stepping aside for a moment, a man exposes himself to a fearful risk of losing his place forever.
  • Long, long may it be, ere he comes again! His hour is one of darkness, and adversity, and peril. But should domestic tyranny oppress us, or the invader's step pollute our soil, still may the Gray Champion come, for he is the type of New England's hereditary spirit; and his shadowy march, on the eve of danger, must ever be the pledge, that New England's sons will vindicate their ancestry.

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Works in European collections

16 objects attributed to Nathaniel Hawthorne, held across European museums, libraries & archives · via Europeana

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Encyclopedic overview

Nathaniel Hawthorne (né Hathorne; July 4, 1804 – May 19, 1864) was an American novelist and short story writer. His works often focus on history, morality, and religion.

He was born in 1804 in Salem, Massachusetts, from a family long associated with the town. Hawthorne entered Bowdoin College in 1821, was elected to Phi Beta Kappa in 1824, and graduated in 1825. He published his first work in 1828, the novel Fanshawe; he later tried to suppress it, feeling that it was not equal to the standard of his later work. He published several short stories in periodicals, which he collected in 1837 as Twice-Told Tales. The following year, he became engaged to Sophia Peabody. He worked at the Boston Custom House and joined Brook Farm, a transcendentalist community, before marrying Peabody in 1842. The couple moved to The Old Manse in Concord, Massachusetts, later moving to Salem, the Berkshires, then to The Wayside in Concord. The Scarlet Letter was published in 1850, followed by a succession of other novels. A political appointment as consul took Hawthorne and family to Europe before their return to Concord in 1860. Hawthorne died on May 19, 1864.

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