Personal Recollections of Nathaniel Hawthorne (Barnes & Noble Digital Library)

Nathaniel Hawthorne was Horatio Bridge’s classmate at Bowdoin College as well as his editor. Bridge’s appreciation of his work convinced Hawthorne to be an author. Based on a series of Harper’s articles, and enlivened by letters from Hawthorne’s wife Sophia, here are Bridge’s anecdote-packed recollections of Hawthorne’s boyhood, struggles, successes, and later years.