The Essential Collection of Nathaniel Hawthornes Works: The Scarlet Letter, The House of the Seven Gables and 4 Other Novels and 88 Short Stories (Illustrated Edition)

Includes the following novels: The Scarlet Letter, The House of the Seven Gables, The Marble Faun, The Blithedale Romance, Fanshawe, and Doctor Grimshawe's Secret: A Romance. Includes the following short stories: The Birthmark, Young Goodman Brown, The Minister's Black Veil, Rappaccini's Daughter, The Celestial Railroad and many others. As one of Americas most famous writers and novelists, Nathaniel Hawthorne needs no formal introduction. He worked at a Custom House and joined Brook Farm, a transcendentalist community, before marrying Peabody in 1842. The couple moved to The Old Manse in Concord, Massachusetts, later moving to Salem, the Berkshires, then to The Wayside in Concord. The Scarlet Letter was published in 1850, followed by a succession of other novels. A political appointment took Hawthorne and family to Europe before their return to The Wayside in 1860. Hawthorne died on May 19, 1864, leaving behind his wife and their three children. Much of Hawthorne's writing centers on New England, many works featuring moral allegories with a Puritan inspiration. His fiction works are considered part of the Romantic movement and, more specifically, dark romanticism. His themes often center on the inherent evil and sin of humanity, and his works often have moral messages and deep psychological complexity. Several of them are considered examples of the finest American literature. This edition of Hawthornes Essential Collection of Works is specially formatted with a Table of Contents and is illustrated with over a dozen pictures of Hawthorne, his residences, and the House of 7 Gables.