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  2. Nathaniel Hawthorne - Wikipedia

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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.

  3. The Marble Faun - Wikipedia

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    The Marble Faun: Or, The Romance of Monte Beni, also known by the British title Transformation, was the last of the four major romances by Nathaniel Hawthorne, and was published in 1860. The Marble Faun , written on the eve of the American Civil War , is set in a fantastical Italy.

  4. The House of the Seven Gables - Wikipedia

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    The setting for the book was inspired by the Turner-Ingersoll Mansion, a gabled house in Salem, Massachusetts, belonging to Hawthorne's cousin Susanna Ingersoll, as well as ancestors of Hawthorne who had played a part in the Salem Witch Trials of 1692. The book was well received upon publication and has been adapted several times to film and ...

  5. The Scarlet Letter - Wikipedia

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    The Scarlet Letter: A Romance is a work of historical fiction by American author Nathaniel Hawthorne, published in 1850. [2] Set in the Puritan Massachusetts Bay Colony during the years 1642 to 1649, the novel tells the story of Hester Prynne, who conceives a daughter with a man to whom she is not married and then struggles to create a new life of repentance and dignity.

  6. Twice-Told Tales - Wikipedia

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    Editor John L. O'Sullivan suggested Hawthorne buy back unsold copies of Twice-Told Tales so that they could be reissued through a different publisher. At the time of this suggestion, 1844, there were 600 unsold copies of the book. Hawthorne lamented "I wish Heaven would make me rich enough to buy the copies for the purpose of burning them." [11]

  7. A Wonder-Book for Girls and Boys - Wikipedia

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    Eustace Bright telling the stories to several children, the frontispiece illustration of an 1880 edition . A Wonder-Book for Girls and Boys (1851) is a children's book by American author Nathaniel Hawthorne in which he retells several Greek myths.

  8. Fanshawe (novel) - Wikipedia

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    Hawthorne felt compelled to abandon novels, instead focusing on short stories, many of which he published anonymously in The Token annual gift book between 1830 and 1838. [7] Fanshawe was so rare and Hawthorne was so secretive about his early attempt at a novel that after his death his wife, Sophia , insisted her husband had never written a ...

  9. The Celestial Railroad - Wikipedia

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    Hawthorne also uses the story to satirize and criticize modern business, public relations types, aggressive promoters, and the railroad itself. [6] Hawthorne's story makes several references to the original The Pilgrim's Progress. Evangelist, who first directs Christian on his journey, is updated to a worker at the train station's ticket office.

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