Nathaniel Hawthorne was an American novelist and short story writer. He was born in Salem, Massachusetts in 1804 to Nathaniel Hawthorne and Elizabeth Clarke Manning. He lived between July 4th,1804 and May 19th,1864. Much of Hawthorne's writing centers on New England, many works featuring moral allegories with a Puritan inspiration.
His themes often focus on the inherent evil and sin of humanity. And his works often have moral messages and deep psychological complexity. In 1848 his mother died,he later described it as "the darkest hour i ever lived".He left writing after his mother passed,but in 1850 he returned to writing and published The Scarlet Letter. One of the first mass-produced books in America, it sold 2,500 volumes within 10 days and earned Hawthorne 1,500 over 14 years.
Novels: The scarlet Letter, Twice-Told tales, Grandfathers chair, Mosses From an Old Manse, A Wonder-Book for boys and girls, The snow-Image and Other Twice Told Tales, Tanglewood Tales, The Dolliver Romance and Other Pieces,The Great Stone Face and Other Tales Of the White Mountains,The Celestial Railroad and Other Short Stories, A Wonder-Book for Young and Old, Twenty Days with Julian and Little Bunny.
Short-Stories: Roger Malvin's Burial, My Kinsman Major Molineux, Young Goodman Brown, The Grey Champion, The White Old Maid, Wakefield, The Ambitious Guest, The Ministers Black Veil, The Man of Adamant, The Maypole of Merry Mount, The Great Carbuncle, Dr. Heidegger's Experiment, A Virtuoso's Collection, The Birth-Mark, Egotism or The Bosom-Serpent, The Artist Of the Beautiful, Ethan Brand, The Great Stone Face, Feathertop.
His themes often focus on the inherent evil and sin of humanity. And his works often have moral messages and deep psychological complexity. In 1848 his mother died,he later described it as "the darkest hour i ever lived".He left writing after his mother passed,but in 1850 he returned to writing and published The Scarlet Letter. One of the first mass-produced books in America, it sold 2,500 volumes within 10 days and earned Hawthorne 1,500 over 14 years.
Novels: The scarlet Letter, Twice-Told tales, Grandfathers chair, Mosses From an Old Manse, A Wonder-Book for boys and girls, The snow-Image and Other Twice Told Tales, Tanglewood Tales, The Dolliver Romance and Other Pieces,The Great Stone Face and Other Tales Of the White Mountains,The Celestial Railroad and Other Short Stories, A Wonder-Book for Young and Old, Twenty Days with Julian and Little Bunny.
Short-Stories: Roger Malvin's Burial, My Kinsman Major Molineux, Young Goodman Brown, The Grey Champion, The White Old Maid, Wakefield, The Ambitious Guest, The Ministers Black Veil, The Man of Adamant, The Maypole of Merry Mount, The Great Carbuncle, Dr. Heidegger's Experiment, A Virtuoso's Collection, The Birth-Mark, Egotism or The Bosom-Serpent, The Artist Of the Beautiful, Ethan Brand, The Great Stone Face, Feathertop.