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Nathaniel hawthorne
Title: Nathaniel hawthorne
Category: History
Details: Words: 494 | Pages: 2.1 (approximately 235 words/page)
Nathaniel hawthorne
Nathaniel Hawthorne
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Nathaniel Hawthorne was born on July 4, 1804 in Salem, Massachusetts, the descendent
of a long line of Puritan ancestors, including John Hathorne, a presiding magistrate in the
Salem witch trials. After his father was lost at sea when he was only four, his mother
became overly protective and pushed him toward more isolated pursuits. Hawthorne's
childhood left him overly shy and bookish, and molded his life as a writer.
Hawthorne turned to writing after his graduation from Bowdoin …showed first 85 words of 494 total…
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…showed last 85 words of 494 total…he was given for writing a campaign biography for Franklin Pierce.
Hawthorne passed away on May 19, 1864 in Plymouth, New Hampshire after a long
period of illness in which he suffered severe bouts of dementia.. Emerson described his
life with the words "painful solitude." Hawthorne maintained a strong friendship with
Franklin Pierce, but otherwise had few intimates and little engagement with any sort of
social life. His works remain notable for their treatment of guilt and the complexities of
moral choices.
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