Nathaniel Hawthorne Book summary

Nathaniel Hawthorne grew up in Massachusetts. He broke his leg in childhood and spent the following year in bed. This is when he first developed a love for reading. He was a poor student through college, but after completing his education he went on to become an editor. He wrote several short stories during this time, which he published in compiled volumes. The Minister’s Black Veil is one such story.

Nathaniel was a reclusive man, but his writing led him to Sophia, a woman who greatly admired his work. Nathaniel married Sophia in 1842, and they moved to Harlem. In an incredible streak of writing, Nathaniel wrote four amazing novels between 1850 and 1860, which included The Scarlet Letter. It is considered to be the first true best-selling Novel in America. Nathaniel suffered from a stomach ailment that eventually led to his death a few short months before the end of the Civil war in 1864. Nathaniel Hawthorne’s importance as a prominent American writer can be ascribed to the fact that authors like Ralph Emerson Waldo were the pallbearers at his funeral.