His ambiguous character and non-persistent lifestyle are the source of many themes which can be retrieved from his works. Thus, understanding the man behind the stories is necessary in order to analyze the tales themselves.

Nathaniel Hawthorne's classic American novel The Scarlet Letter follows Hester Prynne, a woman living in the rigid Puritan society of 17th century Boston.

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Dora la Dingue, c’est l’adolescence comme vous ne l’avez jamais lue.

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... Hawthorne also seems to undermine the fourth view that faith and hope alone are adequate , that our works or merits do not need to justify our beliefs . But what is more clear and obvious about his tale is that Mercy and Love at least ...

... Hawthorne's universe impinge, something leaks through; there is a stain. A sensation of blasphemous overlapping, of some vast substance chemically betraying itself, is central to the Gothic tradition of which Hawthorne's tales are ...