The Portable Hawthorne

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The Portable Hawthorne includes writings from each major stage in the career of Nathaniel Hawthorne: a number of his most intriguing early tales, all of "The Scarlet Letter, " excerpts from his three subsequently published romances?"The House of Seven Gables, The Blithedale Romance, " and "The Marble Faun?as well as passages from his European journals and a sampling of his last, unfinished works. The editor's introduction and head notes trace the evolution of Hawthorne's writing over the course of his long career: from the tales, to their apotheosis in "The Scarlet Letter, " through his popular romances, to his private journals and frustrated attempts at another romance. 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.