Miscellanies. Biographical and Other Sketches and Letters


  • Author: Nathaniel Hawthorne
  • A descendant of the Salem witch-hunter John Hathorne, Nathaniel Hawthorne rose to fame in 1850 with the publication of his novel The Scarlet Letter - an examination of the Puritan culture to which his ancestor belonged. (Hawthorne so despised the deeds of his famous ancestor that he changed the spelling of his surname in order to hide his heritage.) In later years, after gaining fame as a writer, Hawthorne attempted to track down and destroy every extant copy of his first novel, Fanshawe, which had not fared well with critics.

  • ISBN: 9781402166013
  • ISBN: 9781402105791
  • Book details: This Elibron Classics title is a reprint of the original edition published by Houghton Mifflin Company in Boston and New York, 1900. This book is in English. This book contains 459 pages.
  • Edition: Elibron Classics
  • Book ID: 10025470
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