Hawthornesque
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Origin of Hawthornesque
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And I do mean significant — everything from “Revival,” a scary Hawthornesque novel by horrormeister Stephen King, to a slim book called “The Meaning of Existence” by world renowned biologist E.O.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 10, 2014
The jacket blurb describes him as "Hawthornesque"; and indeed he is an energetic scruple collector.
From Time Magazine Archive
I like those shadowy, weird, fantastic, Hawthornesque shapes flitting through the golden gloom, which is the atmosphere of the book.
From A Study of Hawthorne by George Parsons Lathrop
If one lets the lines ring in his ears a little, the true Hawthornesque murmur and half-mournful cadence become clear.
From A Study of Hawthorne by George Parsons Lathrop
"The Minister's Black Veil" is an example of the peculiar Hawthornesque gloom, which the children would not understand or by ill luck would understand, and suffer the consequent dangerous depression.
From Literature in the Elementary School by Porter Lander MacClintock
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