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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.
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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