Nathaniel hawthorne biography scarlet letter book
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Title: The Scarlet Letter
Author: Nathaniel Hawthorne
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The Scarlet Letter
novel by Nathaniel Hawthorne
For the Ellery Queen novel, see The Scarlet Letters. For other uses, see Scarlet Letter (disambiguation).
The Scarlet Letter: A Romance is a work of historical fiction by American author Nathaniel Hawthorne, published in [2] Set in the PuritanMassachusetts Bay Colony during the years to , the novel tells the story of Hester Prynne, who conceives a daughter with a man to whom she is not married and then struggles to create a new life of repentance and dignity. As punishment, she must wear a scarlet letter 'A' (for "adultery"). Containing a number of religious and historic allusions, the book explores themes of legalism, sin and guilt.
The Scarlet Letter was one of the first mass-produced books in the United States. It was popular when first published[3] and is considered a classic work of American literature.[2] Commonly listed among the Great American Novels,[4] it has inspired nume
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The Scarlet Letter
Nathaniel Hawthorne was born on July 4, in Salem, Massachusetts. When he was kvartet years old, his father died. Years later, with financial help from his maternal relatives who recognized his literary talent, Hawthorne was able to enroll in Bowdoin College. Among his classmates were the important literary and political figures Horatio Bridge, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, and Franklin Pierce. These friends supplied Hawthorne with employment during the early years after graduation while Hawthorne was still establishing himself as a legitimate author. Hawthorne's first novel, Fanshawe, which he self-published in , wasn't quite the success that he had hoped it would be. Not willing to give up, he began writing stories for Twice-Told Tales. These stories established Hawthorne as a leading writer. In , Hawthorne moved to Concord, Massachusetts, where he wrote a number of tales, including "Rappaccini's Daughter" and "Young Goodman Brown," that were later published as