Share & Save
Meaning
Not documented yet.
When It Was Said
Not documented yet.
Who It Was Said To
Not documented yet.
Historical Context
Not documented yet.
Source
Not documented yet.
Original Language & Translation
Originally said in English.
Did They Really Say It?
Not documented yet.
Did You Know?
Not documented yet.
About Nathaniel Hawthorne
American novelist and short story writer
Nathaniel Hawthorne was an American novelist and short story writer. He is known for fiction that explores history, morality, and religion, often through a reflective and uneasy lens. His work helped define the American short story and remains closely associated with themes of guilt, conscience, and the past. Across his novels and shorter fiction, he returns to questions of human nature and the moral weight of experience.
More from Nathaniel Hawthorne (113 quotes) →Keep reading Nathaniel Hawthorne
- “It was one of those moments—which sometimes occur only at the interval of years—when a man's moral aspect is…”Nathaniel Hawthorne
- “Lo! there ye stand, my children," said the figure, in a deep and solemn tone, almost sad, with its despairing…”Nathaniel Hawthorne
- “The only sensible ends of literature are, first, the pleasurable toil of writing; second, the gratification o…”Nathaniel Hawthorne
- “The scarlet letter was her passport into regions where other women dared not tread.”Nathaniel Hawthorne
More Time quotes
- “We hear tears loudly on this side of Heaven. What we don't take time to contemplate are the even louder cheer…”Zig Ziglar
- “I promise from now on to always make time for at least one more. One more chapter before I turn out the light…”Cristen Rodgers
- “People come in and out of our lives, and the true test of friendship is whether you can pick back up right wh…”Lisa See
READ THE SOURCE
Books by Nathaniel Hawthorne
The Scarlet Letter
1871
The Blithedale Romance
1999
Mosses from an Old Manse
2005
Tanglewood Tales
2007
The House of Seven Gables Readalong
2006