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Casey Oliver
Olivia Frere
 Hawthorne
attended
Bowdoin College
 He turned to writing
and moved in with his
mother
 His mother lived in
Salem, Mass.
 His creative juices
flowed in Salem
 His
first draft, Seven
Tales of My Native
Land, was rejected
by publishers
 Allegedly, he burned
the script
 His first novel was,
Fanshawe, which he
supposedly burned
In 1842, Hawthorne
married Sophia
Peabody, a
transcendentalist
 Peabody wished to
pursue art but
Hawthorne
discouraged her
 Hawthorne’s daughter
was given the name,
Una, which means lamb
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 Not
successful as a writer, he worked as a
surveyor for three years and later served
as consul for the U.S. in Liverpool,
England under President Franklin Pierce.
 Hawthorne
lost his job in the Custom
House due to the Election of 1848. He
alleviated his frustration by subtly
alluding to politicians in The Scarlet
Letter.
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The Scarlet Letter
The House of Seven Gables
The Blithedale Romance
The Marble Faun
Twice-Told Tales
Mosses From an Old Manse
The Snow-Image, and Other Twice-Told Tales
The Life of Franklin Pierce
Chiefly About War Matters
Our Old Home: A Series of English Sketches
The Whole History of Grandfather’s Chair
A Wonder-Book for Girls and Boys
Tanglewood Tales
Nathaniel Hawthorne
changed the spelling of
his last name by
adding an “e”
 Hawthorne lived in The
Wayside Home. This
house became later
known as “The Home of
Authors” due to it other
residents such as the
Alcotts and the
Lothrops.
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