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Hawthorne, Nathaniel


Subject History

Place Northern America » United States of America

DOI: 10.1111/b.9781577180999.1997.x


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(b. Salem, Mass., 4 July 1804; d. Plymouth, N.H., 19 May 1864) An orphan since the age of four who became friends with William Wadsworth L ongfellow and Franklin P ierce at Bowdoin College, Hawthorne anonymously published his first novel. Fanshawe , in 1828. He emerged as a leading novelist and short-story author in the Romantic era. His writings explored dark themes involving corruption, hypocrisy, or evil, and were often set in his native New England. His major works include Twice-Told Tales (1837), Mosses from an Old Manse (1846), The Scarlet Letter (1850), The House of the Seven Gables (1851), The Life of Franklin Pierce (1852) – which won him appointment as US consul at Liverpool, England (1853–60) – The Marble Faun (1860), and The Ancestral Footstep (1883). ... log in or subscribe to read full text

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A Dictionary of American History



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