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NathanielHawthorne"Words--soinnocentandpowerlessastheyare,asstandinginadictionary,howpotentforgoodandeviltheybecomeinthehandsofonewhoknowshowtocombinethem,"NathanielHawthorneoncereflected.Hawthorne''sownwordsindeedhadanundeniablepower.AuthorofTheScarletLetterandoriginatoroftheAmericanshortstory,Hawthorneleftanindelibleimpressiononliteraturethatwouldinfluencehisfellowwritersintothenextcentury.BiographyNathanielHathorne,Jr.,wasbornintoanestablishedNewEnglandpuritanfamilyonIndependenceDay,1804,inSalem,Massachusetts.Afterthesuddendeathofhisfather,heandhismotherandsistersmovedinwithhismother''sfamilyinSalem.Nathaniel''searlyeducationwasinformal;hewashome-schooledbytutorsuntilheenrolledinBowdoinCollegeinBrunswick,Maine.Uninterestedinconventionalprofessionssuchaslaw,medicine,ortheministry,Nathanielchoseinsteadtorely"forsupportuponmypen."Aftergraduation,hereturnedtohishometown,wroteshortstoriesandsketches,andchancedthespellingofhissurnameto"Hawthorne."Hawthorne''scoterieconsistedoftranscendentalistthinkers,includingRalphWaldoEmersonandHenryDavidThoreau.Althoughhedidnotsubscribeentirelytothegroup''sphilosophy,helivedforsixmonthsatBrookFarm,acooperativelivingcommunitythetranscendentalistsestablishedinWestRoxbury,Massachusetts.OnJuly9,1942,HawthornemarriedafollowerofEmerson,SophiaPeabody,withwhomhehadadaughter,Una,andason,Julian.ThecouplepurchasedamansioninConcord,Massachusetts,thatpreviouslyhadbeenoccupiedbyauthorLouisaMayAlcott.Frequentlyinfinancialdifficulty,HawthorneworkedatthecustomhousesinSalemandBostontosupporthisfamilyandhiswriting.Hispeacefullifewasinterruptedwhenhiscollegefriend,FranklinPierce,nowpresidentoftheUnitedStates,appointedhimU.S.consulatLiverpool,England,whereheservedforfouryears.ThepublicationofTheScarletLetterin1850changedthewaysocietyviewedPuritanism.Consideredhismasterpiece,thenovelfocusesonHawthorne''srecurrentthemesofsin,guilt,andpunishment.Somecriticshaveattributedhissenseofguilttohisancestors''connectionwiththepersecutionofQuakersinseventeenth-centuryNewEnglandandtheirprominentroleintheSalemwitchcrafttrialsinthe1690s.OnMay19,1864,HawthornediedinPlymouth,NewHampshire,leavingbehindseveralunfinishednovelsthatwerepublishedposthumously.HeisburiedatSleepyHollowCemeteryinConcord,Massachusetts.AuthorbiographyfromtheBarnesNobleClassicseditionofTheScarletLetter.GoodToKnowHawthorne''sbirthnamewasactuallyNathanielHathorne.It''srumoredthatheaddeda"w"toavoidbeingassociatedwithhisPuritangrandfather,JudgeHathorne--whopresidedovertheSalemWitchTrials.AmongHawthorne''speersatMaine''sBowdoinCollege:authorHenryWadsworthLongfellowandFranklinPierce,whowouldlaterbecomethecountry''s14thpresident.Initsfirstweekofpublication,TheScarletLettersold4,000copies.HawthornediedonMay19,1864,atthePemigewassetHouseinPlymouth,NewHampshire.Ironically,formerpresidentFranklinPiercehadadvisedhimtogothereforhishealth.DateofBirth:七月4,1804PlaceofBirth:Salem,MassachusettsDateofDeath:五月19,1864PlaceofDeath:Plymouth,NewHampshireEducation:BowdoinCollege,Brunswick,Maine,1824
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