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1. americanliterature.com › author › nathaniel-hawNathaniel Hawthorne - Short Stories and Classic Literature

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   Died: May 19, 1864. Nathaniel Hawthorne, born on July 4, 1804 in Salem, Massachusetts was an American short story writer and romance novelist who experimented with a broad range of styles and genres. He is best known for his short stories and two widely read novels: The Scarlet Letter (mid-March 1850) and The House of Seven Gables (1851).

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   Nathaniel Hawthorne (July 4, 1804 – May 19, 1864) was a nineteenth-century American novelist and short story writer. He is recognized, with his close contemporaries Herman Melville and Walt Whitman, as a key figure in the development of a distinctly American literature. Like Melville, Hawthorne was preoccupied with New England 's religious past.

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   Nathaniel Hawthorne, photograph by Mathew Brady. Nathaniel Hawthorne, (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.

4. www.oxfordbibliographies.com › abstract › documentNathaniel Hawthorne - American Literature - Oxford Bibliographies

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   Aug 28, 2019 · Hawthorne (b. 1804–d. 1864)—was born Nathaniel Hathorne in Salem, Massachusetts, and came from a long line of farmers and sailors. His most notorious ancestor was John Hathorne, a judge at the Salem witch trials in 1692, which helps explain his constant struggle with the Calvinistic sense of determinism and tragic fate in his fiction.

5. www.sparknotes.com › author › nathaniel-hawthorneNathaniel Hawthorne Biography, Works, and Quotes | SparkNotes

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   Read a short biography of Nathaniel Hawthorne. Learn more about Nathaniel Hawthorne's life, times, and work.

6. poets.org › poet › nathaniel-hawthorneAbout Nathaniel Hawthorne | Academy of American Poets

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   Nathaniel Hawthorne - The Academy of American Poets is the largest membership-based nonprofit organization fostering an appreciation for contemporary poetry and supporting American poets. Nathaniel Hawthorne was born on July 4, 1804, in Salem, Massachusetts.

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   Born July 4, 1804, Nathaniel Hathorne was the only son of Captain Nathaniel Hathorne and Elizabeth Clarke Manning Hathorne. (Hawthorne added the "w" to his name after he graduated from college.) Following the death of Captain Hathorne in 1808, Nathaniel, his mother, and his two sisters were forced to move in with Mrs. Hathorne's relatives, the ...