Nathaniel Hawthorne

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Nathaniel Hawthorne was a 19th-century American novelist and short story writer best known for his dark romantic works exploring sin, guilt, and morality, including "The Scarlet Letter" and "The House of the Seven Gables."

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instanceOf Dark Romanticism writer
essayist
novelist
person
short story writer
burialPlace Sleepy Hollow Cemetery, Concord, Massachusetts, United States
child Julian Hawthorne
Rose Hawthorne Lathrop
Una Hawthorne
closeFriend Herman Melville
countryOfCitizenship United States of America
dateOfBirth 1804-07-04
dateOfDeath 1864-05-19
educatedAt Bowdoin College
employer United States Consulate in Liverpool
United States Custom House in Salem
familyName Hawthorne
father Nathaniel Hathorne Sr.
fullName Nathaniel Hawthorne
genre gothic fiction
romantic fiction
short story
givenName Nathaniel
influenced Henry James
Herman Melville
William Faulkner
influencedBy Puritanism
languageOfWorkOrName English
mannerOfDeath natural causes
memberOf Phi Beta Kappa Society
mother Elizabeth Clarke Manning
movement Dark Romanticism
Romanticism
notableIdea exploration of sin, guilt, and moral complexity in Puritan New England
notableWork Mosses from an Old Manse
The Blithedale Romance
The House of the Seven Gables
The Marble Faun
The Minister’s Black Veil
The Scarlet Letter
Twice-Told Tales
Young Goodman Brown
occupation customs official
novelist
short story writer
placeOfBirth Salem, Massachusetts, United States
placeOfDeath Plymouth, New Hampshire, United States
positionHeld Surveyor of the Port of Salem
United States Consul in Liverpool
residence Concord, Massachusetts, United States
Lenox, Massachusetts, United States
Liverpool, England
Rome, Italy
Salem, Massachusetts, United States
sexOrGender male
spouse Sophia Peabody
workLocation Concord, Massachusetts, United States
Lenox, Massachusetts, United States
Salem, Massachusetts, United States

Referenced by (53)
Subject (surface form when different) Predicate
Mosses from an Old Manse
The Blithedale Romance
The House of the Seven Gables
The Marble Faun
The Minister’s Black Veil
The Scarlet Letter
Twice-Told Tales
Young Goodman Brown
author
Arthur Dimmesdale
Hester Prynne
Roger Chillingworth
createdBy
Elizabeth Clarke Manning
John Hathorne
Una Hawthorne
notableRelative
Elizabeth Peabody
John Hathorne
Nathaniel Hathorne Sr.
relative
Old Corner Bookstore
United States Custom House in Salem
associatedWith
The Scarlet Letter (1926 film)
The Scarlet Letter (1973 film)
basedOnWorkAuthor
Julian Hawthorne
Una Hawthorne
father
Herman Melville
Louisa May Alcott
influencedBy
Ticknor and Fields
Ticknor, Reed & Fields
publishedAuthor
The Scarlet Letter (1995 film)
basedOnWorkBy
Sleepy Hollow Cemetery, Concord, Massachusetts, United States
burialPlaceOf
Nathaniel Hathorne Sr.
child
Pearl
creator
United States Custom House in Salem
employerOf
Nathaniel Hawthorne ("Hawthorne")
familyName
Nathaniel Hathorne Sr.
fatherOf
Nathaniel Hawthorne
fullName
John Hathorne
hasDescendant
American literature
hasNotableAuthor
Salem, Massachusetts
hasNotablePerson
Nathaniel Hathorne Sr.
hasNotableRelative
Concord, Massachusetts
hasNotableResident
Twice-Told Tales
hasPrefaceBy
Washington Irving
influenced
Elizabeth Clarke Manning
motherOf
Hawthorne, California
namedAfter
Bowdoin College
notableAlumni
American Romanticism
notableAuthor
American Renaissance
notableFigure
The Wayside
notableResident
Surveyor of the Port of Salem
officeHolder
Jonathan Eastman Johnson
portraitSubject
A Fable for Critics
portrays
Sophia Peabody
spouse
Julian Hawthorne
wroteAbout

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