Selected Short Stories of Hawthorne

Author: Hawthorne
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Publish Date: 2000-01-01
Features: Hawthorne was born into a distinguished family in New England. His family had been devout Calvinist (also known as Puritan or Protestant) believers for generations. Two generations of his ancestors had been prominent figures in the theocratic power structure of the Massachusetts Colony, participating in the 1692 Salem witch trials and the subsequent persecution of Quakers. Hawthorne's worldview is complex and contradictory; his works are often set in New England, and the creative philosophy that runs through all his works is the exploration of the hidden "evil" in the human soul and the longing for the "good" that constitutes the foundation of truth and beauty.