Nathaniel Hawthorne
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Nathaniel Hawthorne was an American writer from the 1800s who became famous for exploring themes of sin, guilt, and morality in his novels and short stories. His works, including "The Scarlet Letter" and "The House of the Seven Gables," are considered classics of American literature that continue to be widely read and studied today.
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- 4 July 1804
- Died
- 19 May 1864
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- 1344
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- 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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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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