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Hawthorne, Nathaniel

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  1. A nineteenth-century American author known for his novels and short stories that explore themes of sin and guilt. His works include The Scarlet Letter and The House of the Seven Gables.

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Hawthorne, Nathaniel, 27-30, 31, 50, 59, 69, 85, 130, 139, 144.

From American Men of Mind by Stevenson, Burton Egbert

Hawthorne, Nathaniel, was born in Salem, Mass., on July 4, 1804.

From De La Salle Fifth Reader by Christian Brothers

Hawthorne, Nathaniel; in Concord, 179-95; in Salem, 196-206.

From The Lure of the Camera by Olcott, Charles S.

Hawthorne, Nathaniel; letter on; on slavery; letter to H. B. S. on, from English attitude towards America.

From Life of Harriet Beecher Stowe Compiled From Her Letters and Journals by Her Son Charles Edward Stowe by Stowe, Harriet Beecher

Hawthorne, Nathaniel: his Mosses, 70; "dream-peopled solitude," 86; at the club, 223; view of English life, 335; grave, 356; biography, 368.

From Ralph Waldo Emerson by Holmes, Oliver Wendell

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