Download
1 / 16
160 likes | 241 Views
Nathaniel Hawthorne. Employment. Matt Gautreau Oliver Cowie Mike Fraser Rhiannon Davis-Cook. Background Information. Was born in Salem, Massachusetts. Born on 1804 and died in 1864. He was 60 years old when he died. Has Puritan background. The Beginning.
E N D
Nathaniel Hawthorne Employment Matt Gautreau Oliver Cowie Mike Fraser Rhiannon Davis-Cook
Background Information • Was born in Salem, Massachusetts. • Born on 1804 and died in 1864. • He was 60 years old when he died. • Has Puritan background.
The Beginning • Went to Bowdoin College and studied English and Latin. • Decided to be a writer at Bowdoin College. • In his mid-twenties he had dozens of rejected manuscripts.
Fanshawe • This was a self-published novel. • The book was a commercial failure. • It sold so little copies that he burned what he had not sold. • He never acknowledged that it was one of his own books. • Today it is worth thousands of dollars.
Boston Custom-House • In eighteen thirty-nine he got a job at the Boston Custom-House as a weigher and gauger. • He took this job because he did not make enough money as a writer. • He was dismissed three years later.
More Writing • By gathering together many of his stories he successfully published them under the title of Twice-Told Tales. • The book had marginal sales. • In 1842, his writings made him enough money to marry Sophia Peabody.
Surveyor • Appointed by president James Polk to the surveyor of Boston Custom-House. • He was dismissed by Zachary Tailor. • There he wrote the Scarlet Letter.
The Scarlet Letter • The book became a enormous success. • He published it at age forty-six. • The Scarlet Letter sold five thousand copies in only ten days. • Finally after thirty-two years he was a success.
Other Works • In five months he wrote the House of Seven Gables, which happened to be another tremendous success. • Next, in 1852 he published the Blithedale Romance. • He wrote five successful books in three years.
Unfinished Projects • In 1872 -1883, four of his unfinished novel became known. • Septimius Felton. • The Dolliver Romance. • Dr. Grimshawe’s Secret. • The Ancestral Footstep.
Time Line Part I • 1804: Born in Salem, Massachusetts. • 1828: Fanshawe was published • 1836: Edits American Magazine of Useful and Entertaining Knowledge. • 1837: Twice-Told Tales published. • 1837: Puts together Peter Parley’s Universal history.
Timeline Part II • 1839-1840: Works for Boston Custom House. • 1841: Grandfather’s Chair published. • Famous Old People published. • Liberty Tree Published. • Leaves Custom House, Joins Brook Farm for economic reasons-> leaves after eight months.
Timeline Part III • 1842: Twice-Told Tales published. • Biographical Stories for Children published. • 1846: Mosses from an Old Manse published. • 1846: Becomes surveyor, earns $1,200 a year. • 1850: The Scarlet Letter published.
Timeline Part IV • 1851: The House of the Seven Gables published. • The Snow-Image and Other Twice-Told Tales published. • 1852: The Blithedale Romance published. • 1853: Tanglewood Tales published. • 53-57: Works as consul in Liverpool, England.
Timeline Part V • 1860: The marble Faun published. • 1863: Our Old Farm published. • 1864: Dies
Bibliography • Http://www.gradessaver.com/ClassicNotes/Authorhawthorne.html • http://www.uncp.edu/home/canada/work/canam/hawthorn.htm • http://www.tdl.com/~julian/the-writers-corners/_hawth.htm
