Nathaniel Hawthorne

Born

in Salem, Massachusetts, The United States

July 04, 1804

Died

May 19, 1864

Website

http://www.hawthorneinsalem.org/

Genre

Literature & Fiction

Influences

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Nathaniel Hawthorne was a 19th century American novelist and short story writer. He is seen as a key figure in the development of American literature for his tales of the nation's colonial history.

Shortly after graduating from Bowdoin College, Hathorne changed his name to Hawthorne. Hawthorne anonymously published his first work, a novel titled Fanshawe, in 1828. In 1837, he published Twice-Told Tales and became engaged to Sophia Peabody the next year. He worked at a Custom House and joined a Transcendentalist Utopian community, before marrying Peabody in 1842. The couple moved to The Old Manse in Concord, Massachusetts, later moving to Salem, the Berkshires, then to The Wayside in Concord. The Scarlet Letter was published in 1850, followed ...more

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Average rating: 3.41 · 630,959 ratings · 15,944 reviews · 1,310 distinct works · Similar authors

	The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne, Thomas E. Connolly (Annotations), Nina Baym (Introduction) 3.37 avg rating — 540,509 ratings — published 1850 — 151 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The House of the Seven Gables by Nathaniel Hawthorne, Robert S. Levine (Editor) 3.45 avg rating — 27,498 ratings — published 1851 — 19 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Young Goodman Brown and Other Short Stories 3.85 avg rating — 8,250 ratings — published 1850 — 9 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Young Goodman Brown 3.68 avg rating — 7,763 ratings — published 1835 — 24 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Minister's Black Veil 3.73 avg rating — 5,481 ratings — published 1836 — 22 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Rappaccini's Daughter 3.92 avg rating — 4,448 ratings — published 1844 — 50 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Blithedale Romance 3.35 avg rating — 4,033 ratings — published 1852 — 169 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Scarlet Letter and Other Writings by Nathaniel Hawthorne, Leland S. Person (Editor) 3.61 avg rating — 2,291 ratings — published 1850 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Twice-Told Tales by Nathaniel Hawthorne, Rosemary Mahoney (Introduction) 3.91 avg rating — 2,274 ratings — published 1837 — 148 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Marble Faun by Nathaniel Hawthorne, Susan Manning (Editor) 3.49 avg rating — 2,201 ratings — published 1860 — 16 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Series by Nathaniel Hawthorne

Wonder-Books (3 books)
by Nathaniel Hawthorne, Maxfield Parrish (Illustrator)
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Livres des merveilles (2 books)
by Nathaniel Hawthorne, Pierre Leyris (Translator)
3.77 avg rating — 13 ratings

Quotes by Nathaniel Hawthorne

“A single dream is more powerful than a thousand realities.”
― Nathaniel Hawthorne, Fanshawe

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“We dream in our waking moments, and walk in our sleep.”
― Nathaniel Hawthorne, The Scarlet Letter

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“Happiness is like a butterfly which, when pursued, is always beyond our grasp, but, if you will sit down quietly, may alight upon you.”
― Nathaniel Hawthorne

tags: inspirational, life-happiness

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Polls

Jan. 2016 Revisit the Shelf -- Group Reread

1969, Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut, 215 pages

26 votes, 17.0%

1935, Jamaica Inn by Daphne du Maurier, 320 pages

23 votes, 15.0%

1962, One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest by Ken Kesey, 325 pages

21 votes, 13.7%

1814, Mansfield Park by Jane Austen, 507 pages

19 votes, 12.4%

1985, The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood, 311 pages

18 votes, 11.8%

1850, The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne, 228 pages

13 votes, 8.5%

1951, The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger, 277 pages

11 votes, 7.2%

1953, Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury, 227 pages

10 votes, 6.5%

1929, A Farewell to Arms by Ernest Hemingway, 293 pages

8 votes, 5.2%

1951, The Caine Mutiny by Herman Wouk, 560 pages

4 votes, 2.6%

153 total votes

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