Category: Classics

Lifespan: (July 4, 1804 – May 19, 1864)

Interesting & Unique Facts: Hawthorne was a important figure in the development of American Literature.

Much of Hawthorne's writing centers around New England and his work is considered part of the Romantic movement. Hawthorne is also considered among the first to experiment with alternate history as literary form.

Hawthorne became friends with Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr. and Herman Melville when the authors met at a picnic hosted by a mutual friend. Melville's Moby Dick is dedicated to Hawthorne in "admiration for his genius". Melville's letters to Hawthorne provide insight into the composition of Moby Dick. Hawthorne's letters to Melville do not survive.

Author's work in order (with publication dates):

• Fanshawe (1828) [published anonymously]
• The Scarlet Letter (1850)
• The House of the Seven Gables (1851)
• The Blithedale Romance (1852)
• The Marble Faun (1860)
• The Dolliver Romance (1863)
• Septimius Felton; or, the Elixir of Life (Published in the Atlantic Monthly, 1872)
• Doctor Grimshawe's Secret, with Preface and Notes by Julian Hawthorne (1882)

Short Stories

• Ambitious Guest, The
• Artist of the Beautiful, The
• Birthmark, The
• Canterbury Pilgrims, The
• Celestial Railroad, The

• Circe's Palace
• David Swan
• Devil in Manuscript, The
• Dr. Heidegger's Experiment
• Dragon's Teeth, The

• Drowne's Wooden Image
• Egotism; or Bosom Serpent, The
• Endicott and the Red Cross
• Ethan Brand
• Feathertop: A Moralized Legend

• Gentle Boy, The
• Golden Fleece, The
• Gray Champion, The
• Great Carbuncle, The
• Great Stone Face, The

• Hollow of the Three Hills, The
• Legends of the Province House: I. Howe's Masquerade
• Legends of the Province House: II. Edward Randolph's Portrait
• Legends of the Province House: III. Lady Eleanore's Mantle
• Legends of the Province House: IV. Old Esther Dudley

• Maypole of Merry Mount, The
• Minister's Black Veil, The
• Minotaur, The
• Mr. Higginbotham's Catastrophe
• Mrs. Bullfrog

• My Kinsman, Major Molineux
• Peter Goldthwaite's Treasure
• Pomegranate Seeds, The
• Procession of Life, The
• Pygmies, The

• Rappaccini's Daughter
• Roger Malvin's Burial
• Shaker Bridal, The
• Snow Image: A Childish Miracle, The
• Wakefield

• Wayside. Introductory., The
• Wedding Knell, The
• Young Goodman Brown

Short Story Collections

• Twice-Told Tales (1837)
• Mosses from an Old Manse (1846)
• The Snow-Image, and Other Twice-Told Tales (1852)
• A Wonder-Book for Girls and Boys (1852)
• Tanglewood Tales (1853)
• The Dolliver Romance and Other Pieces (1876)
• The Great Stone Face and Other Tales of the White Mountains (1889)
• The Celestial Railroad and Other Short Stories