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The eminent outsider; Nathaniel Hawthorne's guilty art.(BOOKS)(ON BOOKS)

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From: The Washington Times
Date: 20031005
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Byline: Carol Herman, THE WASHINGTON TIMES

Halfway through her paradoxically zestful biography of a notoriously shy man, Brenda Wineapple locates her subject, Nathaniel Hawthorne, on ice. The year is 1842 and Hawthorne, already a highly regarded author owing to the publication and popularity of his early tales, has moved to Concord, Mass., from Boston.

"Winter grew cold. Louisa hoped her brother might be selected for the Salem post office, and though Hawthorne doubted he would, he assured his family that he'd receive a political appointment in a matter of months. He and ...

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