Nathanial Hawthorne dealt with shyness and did not like to do public speaking

He attended Bowdoin College from 1821-1825 His classmates were Poet Henry Wadsworth

Longfellow and the 14th U.S. president Franklin Pierce

He added the letter W to his last name after he left college to distant himself from his family dark past

He was a publisher, editor and author of a newspaper called The Spectator

Royalties from his book The Scarlet Letter were 15% of the 1.00 price of the book

He was great friends with the author Herman Melville who dedicated his book Moby Dick to him

Nathanial Hawthorne was the only boy born to Nathanial Hawthorne Sr and Elizabeth Clark Manning Hawthorne in Salem, Massachusetts

He had a older sister and a younger sister

His father died when he was four years old

He was married to Sophia Peabody and had three children

Sin Adultery Isolation Guilt Death Pain Love Betrayal Pride

He analyzed characters and their inner struggles

He was into gothic before it was popular

He talked about issues that were outside the box

He was fond of dark erotica

He is known to be our first psychologist novelist

His early childhood in Salem

His family background

His father’s death Being the only

male in a house full of women

Belief in determination

Manley, Seon, Nathanial Hawthorne: Captain of the Imagination. Canada: Copp Clark Publishing Company, Ltd. 1968

The Complete Short Stories of Nathanial Hawthorne: Seventy-two tales of fantasy and imagination. New York: Doubleday & Company, Inc. 1959

Pearson, Holmes Norman, The Complete Novels And Selected Tales Of Nathanial Hawthorne. New York: Random House, Inc. 1937

Mellow, R. James, Nathanial Hawthorne: In His Time. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1980