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Nathaniel Hawthorne Biography

(1804 - 1864)

Related Works

Novels
1850 The Scarlet Letter
1851 The House of the Seven Gables

1852 The Blithedale Romance
1860 The Marble Faun
1872 Septimius Felton; or the Elexir of Life
1876 The Dolliver Romance
1882 Dr Grimshawe's Secret
1883 The Ancestral Footstep
Stories
1837 Twice-Told Tales
1846 Moses from an Old Manse
1852 The Snow Image and Other Tales
1853 Tanglewood Tales
1863 Our Old Home
Childrens' Stories
1852 A Wonder Book

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(born July 4, 1804, Salem, Mass., U.S.—died May 19, 1864, Plymouth, N.H.) U.S. novelist and short-story writer. Descended from Puritans, he was imbued with a deep moral earnestness. After producing several unexceptional works, he wrote some of his greatest tales, including “My Kinsman, Major Molineux” (1832), “Roger Malvin's Burial” (1832), and “Young Goodman Brown” (1835). His story collections include Twice-Told Tales (1837), Mosses from an Old Manse (1846), and The Snow-Image (1851). He is best known for the novels The Scarlet Letter (1850), a story of adultery set in colonial New England considered to be one of the best American novels, and The House of the Seven Gables (1851), the story of a family that lives under a curse for generations. His later works include The Blithedale Romance (1852) and The Marble Faun (1860). A skilled literary craftsman and a master of allegory and symbolism, he ranks among the greatest American fiction writers.