... Mosses from an Old Manse (1846). He began writing his masterpiece in 1850, The Scarlet Letter. It is often considered the first American psychological novel. Hawthorne's next novel, The House of the Seven Gables (1851), takes place in the New England of his own period but nevertheless also deals with the effects of Puritanism. Near Lenox, Mass., he wrote A Wonder Book (1852), based on Greek mythology, which became a juvenile classic, and Tanglewood ... Tales (1853), also for children. At this time he befriended his neighbor Herman Melville, who was one of the first to appreciate Hawthor...

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... . This began the happiest period of his life. They had five children, and the love and responsibility of family life had a humanizing effect on him; however, he also had the burden of supporting four other persons on the uncertain income of a writer. It wasn't until the publication of his novel The Scarlet Letter in 1850 that Hawthorne became a well-known writer. The next year he published his second great novel, The House of Seven Gables, along with ... a book of stories for children called A Wonder-Book for Boys and Girls. (Baym 98) "Nathaniel Hawthorne ... ...

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... and positive. Nathaniel Hawthorne, known for works such as The Scarlet Letter and The House of Seven Gables, lived in a puritan society in Salem, Massachusetts. Puritan society was very restrictive and socially constrictive. Any one who fell outside of their "role" in society was insulted, ridiculed, or tortured to death. Hawthorne's grandfather was one of the judges that participated in the Salem witchcraft trials. This greatly influenced Hawthorne's writings in ... many ways. The struggle between good and evil and the effects that ... ...

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