The Complete Works of Hawthorne's Novels

Author: Hawthorne
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Publish Date: 2000-05-01
Features: Hawthorne's works are mostly set against the backdrop of over two hundred years of New England history. There is the heroic spirit of colonists resisting the brutal rule of the mother country, as in "The Scarlet Letter" and "Endicott and the Red Cross." There are the tragic facts of Puritan economic exploiters persecuting heretics and suppressing the Quaker faction under the guise of witch hunts, as in "The May-Pole of Merry Mount" and "Young Goodman Brown." There are the customs and traditions of everyday life among the common people, as in "The Snow-Image: A Child's Wonder" and "The Canterbury Tales." There are also the shameless actions of the upper class. In short, there are both grand historical narratives and folk tales.