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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: 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

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, 1, 83, 208, 244, 245, 268, 276, 295, 342.

From The Life of Bret Harte With Some Account of the California Pioneers by Merwin, Henry Childs

Hawthorne, Nathaniel, suggestion of, as to gypsy descent of Borrow, 6, 12, 13.

From George Borrow and His Circle Wherein May Be Found Many Hitherto Unpublished Letters Of Borrow And His Friends by Shorter, Clement King

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

From American Men of Mind by Stevenson, Burton Egbert

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