The Ministers Black Veil

by Nathaniel Hawthorne

Overview

Nathaniel Hawthorne (18041864) was one of Americas most famous writers.Best known for the classic book The Scarlet Letter, Hawthorne also wrote many other well known books and short stories including The House of the Seven Gables and Young Goodman Brown.Hawthornes writing centers around moral issues and the psychology of humans and is dark in nature.Much of this is due to Hawthornes shame of being related to one of the Salem Witch Trial judges.John Hathorne was Nathaniels great grandfather and the latter added the w to his name in order to hide that relation.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781614305255
Publisher:	Charles River Editors
Publication date:	03/22/2018
Sold by:	PUBLISHDRIVE KFT
Format:	eBook
Sales rank:	316,536
File size:	1 MB

About the Author

One of the greatest authors in American literature, Nathaniel Hawthorne (1804-1864) was a novelist and short story writer born in Salem, Massachusetts. Hawthorne’s best-known books include The House of the Seven Gables and The Scarlet Letter, works marked by a psychological depth and moral insight seldom equaled by other writers.

Date of Birth:

July 4, 1804

Date of Death:

May 19, 1864

Place of Birth:

Salem, Massachusetts

Place of Death:

Plymouth, New Hampshire

Education:

Bowdoin College, Brunswick, Maine, 1824