THE SCARLET LETTER
Nathaniel HAWTHORNE (1804-1864), American novelist and short story writer, born at Salem, Massachusetts. He was a descendant of Major William Hathorne, one of the Puritan settlers in America, the "grave, bearded, sable-cloaked and steeple-crowned progenitor" whose portrait is drawn in the introductory chapter of "The Scarlet Letter": he was remembered for his persecution of the Quakers, as his son, John Hawthorne, also a magistrate, was remembered for his persecution of the so-called Witches of Salem. Hawthorne spent a solitary childhood with his mother, a widowed recluse, during which he read widely; he was educated at Bowdoin College, Brunswick (with Longfellow), then returned to Salem, where he began to write stories and sketches and published a novel, "Fanshawe" (1828), at his own expense.
Hawthorne has long been recognized as one of the greatest of American writers, a moralist and allegorist much preoccupied with the mystery of sin, the paradox of its occasionally regenerative power, and the compensation for unmerited suffering and crime.
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Hawthorne has long been recognized as one of the greatest of American writers, a moralist and allegorist much preoccupied with the mystery of sin, the paradox of its occasionally regenerative power, and the compensation for unmerited suffering and crime.
THE SCARLET LETTER
Nathaniel HAWTHORNE (1804-1864), American novelist and short story writer, born at Salem, Massachusetts. He was a descendant of Major William Hathorne, one of the Puritan settlers in America, the "grave, bearded, sable-cloaked and steeple-crowned progenitor" whose portrait is drawn in the introductory chapter of "The Scarlet Letter": he was remembered for his persecution of the Quakers, as his son, John Hawthorne, also a magistrate, was remembered for his persecution of the so-called Witches of Salem. Hawthorne spent a solitary childhood with his mother, a widowed recluse, during which he read widely; he was educated at Bowdoin College, Brunswick (with Longfellow), then returned to Salem, where he began to write stories and sketches and published a novel, "Fanshawe" (1828), at his own expense.
Hawthorne has long been recognized as one of the greatest of American writers, a moralist and allegorist much preoccupied with the mystery of sin, the paradox of its occasionally regenerative power, and the compensation for unmerited suffering and crime.
Hawthorne has long been recognized as one of the greatest of American writers, a moralist and allegorist much preoccupied with the mystery of sin, the paradox of its occasionally regenerative power, and the compensation for unmerited suffering and crime.
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ISBN-13: | 9798765554050 |
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Publisher: | Barnes & Noble Press |
Publication date: | 04/09/2022 |
Pages: | 366 |
Product dimensions: | 6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.82(d) |
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