Nathaniel Hawthorne

Nathaniel Hawthorne

Nathaniel Hawthorne was born on July 4, 1804, in Salem, Massachusetts, the son and grandson of proud and prosperous New England seafarers. But Nathaniel's father died, and he lived in genteel poverty with his widowed mother and two young sisters in a house filled with Puritan ideals and pride for past prosperity. His boyhood was, in most respects, pleasant and normal. In 1825, he graduated from Bowdoin College (Brunswick, Maine), and he returned to Salem determined to become a writer of short stories. For the next twelve years he struggled to master his craft and finally secured some small measure of success with the publication of his Twice-Told Tales (1837). He married Sophia Peabody in 1842 and their relationship was a happy one. The Scarlet Letter (1850), which brought him immediate recognition, was followed by The House of the Seven Gables (1851). After serving four years as the American Consul in Liverpool, England, he then traveled in Italy and returned home to Massachusetts in 1860. Depressed, weary of writing, and failing in health, Hawthorne died on May 19, 1864, at Plymouth, New Hampshire.

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Four Great American Classics
by Nathaniel Hawthorne, Mark Twain, Stephen Crane, Herman Melville
from Bantam Books
for 9th-Adult
in 19th Century Literature (Location: LIT6-19)
Great American Short Stories
by Wallace & Mary Stegner, editors
from Dell Publishing
Realistic Fiction for 9th-12th grade
in Short Stories (Location: LIT-ANTH)
$8.99
Greek Myths: A Wonder Book for Girls and Boys
by Nathaniel Hawthorne, illustrated by Walter Crane
from Barnes & Noble
Myths for 5th-10th grade
House of the Seven Gables
by Nathaniel Hawthorne
from Houghton Mifflin
for 9th-Adult
in Vintage Fiction & Literature (Location: VIN-FIC)
House of the Seven Gables
by Nathaniel Hawthorne
from W. W. Norton and Co.
for 10th-Adult
in 19th Century Literature (Location: LIT6-19)
$8.00 (1 in stock)
House of the Seven Gables
Signet Classics
by Nathaniel Hawthorne
from Signet Classics
Fantasy for 9th-12th grade
in 19th Century Literature (Location: LIT6-19)
$5.95
House of the Seven Gables
by Nathaniel Hawthorne
from International Collectors Library
for 9th-Adult
in 19th Century Literature (Location: LIT6-19)
House of the Seven Gables
by Nathaniel Hawthorne
Reprint from Reader's Digest
for 10th-Adult
in 19th Century Literature (Location: LIT6-19)
Marble Faun
by Nathaniel Hawthorne
from Dover Publications
for 10th-Adult
in 19th Century Literature (Location: LIT6-19)
$2.00 (1 in stock)
Scarlet Letter
by Nathaniel Hawthorne
from Pocket Books
Realistic Fiction for 9th-Adult
in 19th Century Literature (Location: LIT6-19)
$6.99
Scarlet Letter
Dover Thrift Editions
by Nathaniel Hawthorne
from Dover Publications
Realistic Fiction for 9th-Adult
in 19th Century Literature (Location: LIT6-19)
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Scarlet Letter
by Nathaniel Hawthorne
from A Beka Books
Realistic Fiction for 11th grade
in A Beka Literature (Location: LITCUR-ABK)
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Scarlet Letter
by Nathaniel Hawthorne
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Scarlet Letter
by Nathaniel Hawthorne
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Scarlet Letter
Reader's Digest World's Best Reading
by Nathaniel Hawthorne
from Reader's Digest
for 10th-Adult
in 19th Century Literature (Location: LIT6-19)
Scarlet Letter
by Nathaniel Hawthorne
from Alfred A. Knopf, Inc.
for 10th-Adult
in 19th Century Literature (Location: LIT6-19)
Scarlet Letter
International Collectors Library
by Nathaniel Hawthorne
from International Collectors Library
for 10th-Adult
in 19th Century Literature (Location: LIT6-19)
Scarlet Letter
Copper Lodge Library
by Nathaniel Hawthorne, annotated by Stephanie B. Meter
from Classical Conversations
for 9th-Adult
in 19th Century Literature (Location: LIT6-19)
Scarlet Letter
by Nathaniel Hawthorne, edited with notes by Brian Harding, new introduction by Cindy Weinstein
2008 Reissue from Oxford University
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in 19th Century Literature (Location: LIT6-19)
Scarlet Letter
by Nathaniel Hawthorne
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Realistic Fiction for 9th-Adult
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Scarlet Letter
by Nathaniel Hawthorne
from Wordsworth Classics
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Scarlet Letter
Portland House Illustrated Classics
by Nathaniel Hawthorne, illustrated by Hugh Thomson
from Portland House
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Scarlet Letter
by Nathaniel Hawthorne
from Penguin Classics
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in 19th Century Literature (Location: LIT6-19)
$8.00
Scarlet Letter
by Nathaniel Hawthorne
from Oxford University
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in 19th Century Literature (Location: LIT6-19)
Scarlet Letter
by Nathaniel Hawthorne
from Franklin Library
for 10th-Adult
in 19th Century Literature (Location: LIT6-19)
Scarlet Letter - Progeny Press Study Guide
Progeny Press Literature Guides
by Irene Lape & Michael Gilleland
from Progeny Press
Literature Resource for 9th-12th grade
in Progeny Press Literature Guides (Location: LIT-SGPP)
$27.99
Scarlet Letter - TLP Guide
Total Language Plus Literature Guides
by Barbara Blakey
from Total Language Plus
for 11th-12th Grade
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$14.50 (2 in stock)
Selected Tales and Sketches of Nathaniel Hawthorne
by Nathaniel Hawthorne
from Penguin Putnam
for 10th-Adult
in 19th Century Literature (Location: LIT6-19)
$13.00
Tanglewood Tales
by Nathaniel Hawthorne
Ill from Yesterday's Classics
for 3rd-6th grade
$13.95 $8.00 (1 in stock)
Tanglewood Tales
Calla Editions
by Nathaniel Hawthorne
from Dover Publications
for 3rd-7th grade
Tanglewood Tales
Copper Lodge Library
by Nathaniel Hawthorne
from Classical Conversations
for 3rd-6th grade
in 19th Century Literature (Location: LIT6-19)
$11.99
Tanglewood Tales
by Nathaniel Hawthorne, illustrated by Sheilah Beckett
from Grosset & Dunlap
for 3rd-6th grade
in Fantasy Fiction (Location: FIC-FAN)
Tanglewood Tales
Dover Evergreen Classics
by Nathaniel Hawthorne
from Dover Publications
for 4th-8th grade
$6.99
Tanglewood Tales
by Nathaniel Hawthorne
Ill from Living Book Press
for 3rd-6th grade
$16.99
Tanglewood Tales
Windermere Readers #6
by Nathaniel Hawthorne, illustrated by Milo Winter
from Rand McNally
for 3rd-6th grade
in Vintage Fiction & Literature (Location: VIN-FIC)
$9.00 (1 in stock)
Tanglewood Tales
Windermere Series 1
by Nathaniel Hawthorne, illustrated by Milo Winter
from Rand McNally
for 3rd-6th grade
in Vintage Fiction & Literature (Location: VIN-FIC)
Tanglewood Tales
Windermere Series 2
by Nathaniel Hawthorne, illustrated by Milo Winter
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Tanglewood Tales
Windermere Series 3
by Nathaniel Hawthorne, illustrated by Milo Winter
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Tanglewood Tales
Windermere Series 4
by Nathaniel Hawthorne, illustrated by Milo Winter
from Rand McNally
for 3rd-6th grade
in Vintage Fiction & Literature (Location: VIN-FIC)
Tanglewood Tales / Wind in the Willows
by Nathaniel Hawthorne & Kenneth Grahame
from Grosset & Dunlap
for 3rd-6th grade
in Companion Library (Location: VIN-FIC)
Twice Told Tales
by Nathaniel Hawthorne
from Heritage Press
for 9th-Adult
in 19th Century Literature (Location: LIT6-19)
Twice-Told Tales
Reader's Digest World's Best Reading
by Nathaniel Hawthorne
1st THUS from Reader's Digest
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$8.00 (2 in stock)
Wonder Book
by Nathaniel Hawthorne, illustrated by Dick Cuffari
from Grosset & Dunlap
for 3rd-5th grade
Wonder Book
Windermere Series 1
by Nathaniel Hawthorne, illustrated by Milo Winter
from Rand McNally
for 3rd-5th grade
in Vintage Fiction & Literature (Location: VIN-FIC)
Wonder Book
Windermere Series 2
by Nathaniel Hawthorne
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for 3rd-5th grade
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Wonder Book
Windermere Series 3
by Nathaniel Hawthorne
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Wonder Book
Windermere Series 4
by Nathaniel Hawthorne
from Rand McNally
for 3rd-5th grade
in Vintage Fiction & Literature (Location: VIN-FIC)
Wonder Book
Windermere Readers #1
by Nathaniel Hawthorne
1954 Edition from Rand McNally
for 3rd-5th grade
in Vintage Fiction & Literature (Location: VIN-FIC)
$10.00 (1 in stock)
Wonder Book / Nonsense Books
by Nathaniel Hawthorne, Edward Lear
from Grosset & Dunlap
for 3rd-5th grade
in Companion Library (Location: VIN-FIC)
Wonder Book for Girls and Boys
by Nathaniel Hawthorne
from Yesterday's Classics
Myths for 5th-10th grade
$12.95 $7.50 (1 in stock)
Wonder Book for Girls and Boys
by Nathaniel Hawthorne
from Living Book Press
Myths for 5th-10th grade
$15.99
Wonder Book: Heroes & Monsters of Greek Mythology
by Nathaniel Hawthorne
from Dover Publications
Myths for 5th-10th grade
$5.99
Wonder-Book for Girls and Boys
Everyman's Library Children's Classics
by Nathaniel Hawthorne
from Alfred A. Knopf, Inc.
for 5th-10th grade
$17.00
Works of Hawthorne
by Nathaniel Hawthorne
from Walter J. Black, Inc.
for 10th-Adult
in Walter J. Black Classics Club (Location: VIN-LITWJB)
$5.00 (1 in stock)