Mosses from an Old Manse

is a descendant of John Hathorne, one of the lead justices in the Salem Witch Trials which condemned many woman for practicing witch craft. Nathanial added a ‘w’ to his name to try and distance himself from them. In 1846, Hawthorne writes Mosses from an Old Manse, but doesn’t earn enough money from it. To supplement his income, he goes to work at the Salem Custom House in Salem, Massachusetts. He works there for 3 years and ends up losing his job in June of 1849 due to political shakeup. A few…

apart from each other besides death. Sophia was an artist and a writer at the time when she met Nathaniel. Time went by with their love before they was married, because the lack of money they had, so Hawthorne would go take a job at the Brook Farm community where he would save his money. They were soon married on July 9th of 1842. Shortly after their wedding they would move back to Concord, Massachusetts and rent out the Old Manse, which would later on inspire him to write the From Mosses From…

Nathaniel Hawthrone was and still is a well-known and commendable American novelist. Despite Nathaniel Hawthorne’s many favorable works, there are three classic American novels produced by Hawthorne that critics and readers found honorable. Nathaniel’s Christian beliefs are shown throughout his writings. Nathaniel Hawthrone is often considered a Christian writer. Nathaniel Hawthrone was born on Wednesday, July 4, 1804 in Salem, Massachusetts. Due to his ancestors being Puritan, his religious…

excellence in short stories. One of the most commonly mentioned is “Young Goodman Brown” published in 1835, fifteen years earlier than The Scarlet Letter. Blending isolation and sin, “Young Goodman Brown” displays a theme of sin and felt the isolation from others after confessing the sin. Hawthorne’s writings show characteristics of the Transcendentalist period as he often writes about religion and sin. Transcendentalists strongly believe in self-reliance and individualism. The writers in this…

All annotation information comes from Wikipedia unless otherwise noted. Romance Novels Hawthorne, Nathaniel. The Scarlet Letter. Boston, MA: Ticknor, Reed and Fields, 1850 The Scarlet Letter is one of Hawthorne’s most famous titles, taught to unappreciative students in high schools across the country. It is the greatest example of his propensity for puritan literature. It tells the story of Hester Prynn and her life in puritan Boston, where her husband sent her to set up their home before he…

routinely follows. Another work by Hawthorne that embodies the themes of both sin and guilt is titled Young Goodman Brown which was originally published in the New-England Magazine and later reprinted in series of short stories by Hawthorn titled Mosses from an Old Manse in…

parish in 1803. Cultured, eloquent, and a persuasive writer, he became famed throughout New England for his oratorical gifts and as a theologian. In seriousness of purpose and in purity of character, Channing represented the strength and virtue of the old Puritan stock. His portrait, presenting him in the conventional black gown of the clergyman with the white bands at the neck, shows a face highly intellectual and refined, with features delicate, spiritual, almost ascetic in their type. The…