American Novelist

Nathaniel Hawthorne

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BioData

• Full Name: Nathaniel Hawthorne 
• DoB: July 4, 1804
• PoB: Salem, Massachusetts, USA
• Death: May 19, 1864 (59)
• Civil Status: Married to Sophia Peabody; 3 Children
• Education: Bowdoin College
• Legacy:  American novelist and short story writer.
• Notable Work: Fanshawe, The Scarlet Letter, The House of the Seven Gables, The Blithedale Romance, The Romance of Monte Beni

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Quotes:

 

• A woman’s chastity consists, like an onion, of a series of coats.
  – Nathaniel Hawthorne
• Happiness is a butterfly which, when pursued, is always beyond our grasp, but which, if you will sit down quietly, may alight upon you.
  – Nathaniel Hawthorne
• What a happy and holy fashion it is that those who love one another should rest on the same pillow.
  – Nathaniel Hawthorne