Nathaniel Hawthorne: A BiographyTwenty-First Century Books, 2006 M08 1 - 160 pages Learn about the life of the famous American author. |
Contents
Introduction | 9 |
A Tormented Heart | 10 |
The World of Salem | 15 |
A Right and a Wrong | 20 |
College Years | 26 |
The Mystery of Sin | 32 |
A Captive in a Dungeon | 38 |
A Love Affair | 45 |
A New Friend a New Novel | 97 |
Utopia Revisited | 103 |
Our Man in Liverpool | 112 |
The Marble Faun | 121 |
Concordand Civil War | 131 |
Asleep Forever | 140 |
A Note on Sources | 145 |
Source Notes | 146 |
Justice Truth and Love | 50 |
Measurer of Coal and Salt | 54 |
Trying Out Utopia | 60 |
Adam and Eve | 66 |
The Fragrance of Flowers | 75 |
The Salem Custom House | 82 |
The Scarlet Letter | 89 |
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Reading Hawthorne Himself | 151 |
Hawthorne Websites | 152 |
Chronology of Nathaniel Hawthorne | 153 |
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About the Author | 160 |
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