A Nathaniel Hawthorne EncyclopediaThis excellent guide to Hawthorne's public and private worlds will be a mandatory purchase for most libraries. Gale . . . gives detailed information on Hawthorne's milieu and his writings: his sources, plots, characters, and publication histories. . . . Appendixes include useful lists of Hawthorne's writings; his ancestors, family members, relatives, and inlaws; his friends and acquaintances; and other categories of people significant in his life and work. Annotations are clear, precise, readable. Quotes illuminate Hawthorne's opinions and prejudices. . . . Scholars, students, and browsers will be entertained and stimulated by some entries. Choice |
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... daughter he afterwards married . . . . Simon Forrester grew immensely rich , but he came hither a poor boy . . . . As an old man ... he had a very stately and high - bred aspect . I can just remember him . I believe that two or three of ...
... daughter , of the Lindseys . She and her younger brother Peony make a sister out of snow . Violet is based partly on Hawthorne's daughter Una . " Lines to M.B.D. ” Poem , published in Salem Gazette , 24 February 1826. The poet loves sad ...
Robert L. Gale. " RAPPACCINI'S DAUGHTER " 419 " Rappaccini's Daughter . " Short story ( as " Writings of Aubépine , ” with in- terior title " Rappaccini's Daughter ' ) , in United States Magazine and Democratic Review , December 1844 ...