What is Nathaniel Hawthorne?
{{Infobox writer | name = Nathaniel Hawthorne | image = Nathaniel Hawthorne old.jpg | caption = Nathaniel Hawthorne in the 1860s | birth_date = {{birth date|mf=yes|1804|7|4}} | birth_place = [[Salem, Massachusetts]] | death_date = {{death date and age|mf=yes|1864|5|19|1804|7|4}} | death_place = Plymouth, New Hampshire }} '''Nathaniel Hawthorne''' (July 4, 1804 – May 19, 1864) was an [[Americans|American]] writer. He was born in [[Salem, Massachusetts]]. His first [[novel]] ''Fanshawe'' was [[publish]]ed [[anonymity|anonymously]] in 1828. Some short stories were published in 1837 as ''[[Twice-Told Tales]]''. He married Sophia Peabody in 1842. They had three children. The family moved about Massachusetts for a few years, but finally settled in [[Concord, Massachusetts]]. ''[[The Scarlet Letter]]'' was published in 1850. ''[[The House of the Seven Gables]]'' was published in 1851. A political appointment sent Hawthorne and his family to Europe. They returned to Massachusetts in 1860. Hawthorne died on May 19, 1864. Hawthorne's works belong to the [[culture|cultural]] movement called [[romanticism]].<ref>Reynolds, David S. ''Beneath the American Renaissance: The Subversive Imagination in the Age of Emerson and Melville''. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Press, 1988: 524. {{ISBN|978-0-674-06565-9}}</ref> His [[novel]]s and [[short story|short stories]] are [[cautionary tale]]s. They suggest that [[Guilt (emotion)|guilt]], [[sin]], and [[evil]] are the most inherent natural qualities of [[Human race|humanity]].<ref>{{cite book| last = Wayne| first = Tiffany K.| title = Encyclopedia of Transcendentalism| url = https://archive.org/details/encyclopediaoftr0000wayn| year = 2006| publisher = Facts on File| isbn = 978-0-8160-5626-2 }}</ref> Many of his works are inspired by [[Puritan]] [[New England]].<ref>{{cite book| last = Bell| first = Michael Davitt| title = Hawthorne and the Historical Romance of New England| url = https://archive.org/details/hawthornehistori0000bell| year = 1971| publisher = P