Nathaniel Hawthorne

Nathaniel Hawthorne was an American writer of the 19th century. His most famous work is the historical novel The Scarlet Letter, published in 1850.

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• Lifetime: 4 July 1804 • 19 May 1864
• Main genre: Gothic romance
• Literary movement: Dark Romanticism
• Works: 6 novels, 3 unfinished novels, 7 short story collections, and some non-fiction
• Mid-2026 popularity rank:  74 • Trending ►

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"Words - so innocent and powerless as they are, as standing in a dictionary, how potent for good and evil they become in the hands of one who knows how to combine them."