nathaniel hawthorne

     

In 1852 this "Scarlet Letter" author wrote a campaign biography for his friend Franklin Pierce

Trivia about nathaniel hawthorne

  • In the introduction to "The Scarlet Letter", he wrote of his experiences as a customs official
  • This author's 1835 story "Young Goodman Brown" is a tale of witchcraft in Salem, Massachusetts
  • "The Celestial Railroad" from his "Twice-Told Tales" is a parody of John Bunyan's works
  • This 19th century New Englander later tried to destroy all the copies of his anonymous first novel, "Fanshawe"
  • He wrote "A Wonder-Book for Girls and Boys" to capitalize on the success of "The Scarlet Letter"
  • He gave Hester a scarlet "A"
  • A preacher decides to hide his face forever in "The Minister's Black Veil", one of this author's "Twice-Told Tales"
  • "The Pygmies" & "The Pomegranate Seeds" are 2 of his "Tanglewood Tales"
  • It was a red letter day when this author was born in Salem July 4, 1804
  • This "Scarlet Letter" author injured his foot at age 9 & missed about 2 years of school
  • Herman Melville dedicated "Moby Dick" to this fellow author & mentor
  • Some say Miss Birdseye is a satire of this "Scarlet Letter" author's sister-in-law
  • Salem, Massachusetts author to whom the 1851 novel is dedicated
  • A bustling hotel is the settingfor Chapter XVII of this Salem native's 1852 novel "The Blithedale Romance"
  • July 4 is a red-letter day at this author's birthplace in Salem, Mass.; that's the day he was born in 1804
  • Longfellow's glowing review of this author's "Twice-Told Tales" led to a close friendship
  • From 1846 to 1849, he was surveyor of the port of Salem, Mass.
  • A window of The Old Manse in Concord, Mass. still bears the diamond-engraved signatures of this author & his wife
  • This author died in New Hampshire in 1864 during a visit with old school chum Franklin Pierce
  • "Rappaccini's Daughter" is one of the short stories featured in his "Mosses From An Old Manse"
  • Author of "The House of the Seven Gables", his son Julian published a biography of him in 1884
  • His last completed novel, "The Marble Faun", was published in 1860
  • This New England novelist died in May 1864, as the plant with the same-sounding name was blooming
  • Roger Chillingworth,Ethan Brand,Judge Jaffrey Pyncheon
  • The "Old Manse" in Concord where he & his wife Sophia lived from 1842 to 1845 was rented from Ralph Waldo Emerson
  • This author, a native of Salem, Mass., wrote about witchcraft in the Salem area in 1835's "Young Goodman Brown"