Biographie remplie d'anecdotes qui éclaire l'oeuvre comme la figure de Nathaniel Hawthorne de même qu'elle fait comprendre les motivations de l'auteur, d'origine américaine, quant à son désir d'obtenir la nationalité britannique.

Readers looking for a critical vantage point from which to see Hawthorne whole—his artistic rise, triumph, and sad decline—can find it in this collection.

The novels and tales, the incidental writings, travel notes and children’s books, letters and diaries reverberate in this biography, which both charts and protects the dark unknowable core that is quintessentially Hawthorne.

An indispensable source for an understanding of what Hawthorne read during more than twenty years.

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.

"The Complete Works of Nathaniel Hawthorne" is an indispensable compendium that showcases the literary genius of one of America's most celebrated authors.