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Nathanial Hawthorne dealt with shyness and did not like to do public speaking
He attended Bowdoin College from 1821-1825 His classmates were Poet Henry Wadsworth
Longfellow and the 14th U.S. president Franklin Pierce
He added the letter W to his last name after he left college to distant himself from his family dark past
He was a publisher, editor and author of a newspaper called The Spectator
Royalties from his book The Scarlet Letter were 15% of the 1.00 price of the book
He was great friends with the author Herman Melville who dedicated his book Moby Dick to him
Nathanial Hawthorne was the only boy born to Nathanial Hawthorne Sr and Elizabeth Clark Manning Hawthorne in Salem, Massachusetts
He had a older sister and a younger sister
His father died when he was four years old
He was married to Sophia Peabody and had three children
Sin Adultery Isolation Guilt Death Pain Love Betrayal Pride
He analyzed characters and their inner struggles
He was into gothic before it was popular
He talked about issues that were outside the box
He was fond of dark erotica
He is known to be our first psychologist novelist
His early childhood in Salem
His family background
His father’s death Being the only
male in a house full of women
Belief in determination
Manley, Seon, Nathanial Hawthorne: Captain of the Imagination. Canada: Copp Clark Publishing Company, Ltd. 1968
The Complete Short Stories of Nathanial Hawthorne: Seventy-two tales of fantasy and imagination. New York: Doubleday & Company, Inc. 1959
Pearson, Holmes Norman, The Complete Novels And Selected Tales Of Nathanial Hawthorne. New York: Random House, Inc. 1937
Mellow, R. James, Nathanial Hawthorne: In His Time. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1980