Autobiographical Writings of Nathaniel Hawthorne

Nathaniel Hawthorne (1804-1864) was an American novelist and short story writer. His writing centers on New England, many works featuring moral allegories with a Puritan inspiration. His fiction works are considered to be part of Dark romanticism. His themes often centre on the inherent evil and sin of humanity, and his works often have moral messages and deep psychological complexity. _x000D_ Excerpt:_x000D_ «My dearest Sophie, I had a parting glimpse of you, Monday forenoon, at your window—and that image abides by me, looking pale, and not so quiet as is your wont. I have reproached myself many times since, because I did not show my face, and then we should both have smiled; and so our reminiscences would have been sunny instead of shadowy. But I believe I was so intent on seeing you, that I forgot all about the desirableness of being myself seen» _x000D_ This unique and meticulously edited collection includes: Letters: _x000D_ Browne's Folly (a letter for the Essex Institute)_x000D_ Love Letters (To Miss Sophia Peabody) – Volume I&II _x000D_ Letter to the Editor of the Literary Review _x000D_ Memoirs:_x000D_ American Notebooks (Volume I & II)_x000D_ English Notebooks (Volume I & II)_x000D_ French and Italian Notebooks (Volume I & II)_x000D_ Biographies and Reminiscences of Hawthorne:_x000D_ The Life and Genius of Hawthorne by Frank Preston Stearns _x000D_ Hawthorne and His Circle by Julian Hawthorne_x000D_ Memories of Hawthorne by Rose Hawthorne Lathrop_x000D_ Hawthorne and His Moses by Herman Melville_x000D_ 'Fifty Years of Hawthorne': Four Americans by Henry A. Beers _x000D_ George Eliot, Hawthorne, Goethe, Heine: My Literary Passions by William Dean Howell_x000D_ Life of Great Authors by Hattie Tyng Griswold _x000D_ Yesterday With Authors by James T. Field _x000D_ Hawthorne and Brook Farm by George William Curtis _x000D_ Biographical sketch by George Parsons Lathrop