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The Scarlet Letterby Nathaniel Hawthorne Advanced American Lit Mr. Mays The Author Nathaniel Hawthorne American novelist and short story writer, most famous for his novel The Scarlet Letter Nathaniel Hawthorne, Background Born Salem, Mass. on July 4th, 1804, son of a sea captain. Graduated from Bowdoin College and began to write. Insufficient earnings as a writer forced Hawthorne to take a job in the Salem Custom House. By 1842, he was able to earn enough to marry Sophia Peabody and move to Concord, which was then the center of the Transcendental movement. Hawthorne returned to Salem in 1845 and in 1850, his most famous novel, The Scarlet Letter was published. Nathaniel Hawthorne died at Plymouth, New Hampshire, on May 18th, 1864. Picture found on Google Images He discovered that he had Puritan ancestors. One relative had served as a judge in the Salem witch trials of 1692 Hawthorne added the “w” to his name to distinguish himself from his ancestors. He wrote during the Romantic period of literary history (1830-1865) along with Ralph Waldo Emerson, Henry David Thoreau, Herman Melville, Harriet Beecher Stowe and Edgar Allen Poe Personal Notables The Custom House Satirical introduction to the novel Autobiographical of Hawthorne Used to show his dislike for the Puritans and their strong religious beliefs He is bored at his job which leads him to search through old boxes and discover the manuscript and the scarlet letter. The Custom House- Cont. The story is based on a historical manuscript that he found. The narrator of the story is nameless, but shares many qualities with Hawthorne himself. He creates the narrator similar to Hester since they both feel alienated from those around them. Narrator says one day he will be remembered by his name on the custom stamp, while Hester will be remembered for her scarlet cloth. Primary Document 1 Custom House Receipt Salem Custom House Receipt, April 18, 1848 Signed by Nathaniel Hawthorne /images Primary Document