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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.
The House of the Seven Gables: A Romance is a Gothic novel written beginning in mid-1850 by American author Nathaniel Hawthorne and published in April 1851 by Ticknor and Fields of Boston. The novel follows a New England family and their ancestral home.
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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.
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 ...
It was made famous by Nathaniel Hawthorne's 1851 novel The House of the Seven Gables. The house is now a non-profit museum, with an admission fee charged for tours, as well as an active settlement house with programs for the local immigrant community including ESL and citizenship classes. It was built for Captain John Turner and stayed with the ...
Twice-Told Tales is a short story collection in two volumes by Nathaniel Hawthorne.The first volume was published in the spring of 1837 and the second in 1842. [1] The stories had all been previously published in magazines and annuals, hence the name.
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