Explore the Lessons
Summary of The Scarlet Letter
The haunting tale of sin, shame, and redemption in Puritan New England.
Summary of The House of the Seven Gables
Unveiling the dark secrets and haunting legacy of a cursed family estate.
Summary of The Blithedale Romance
Unveiling secrets and desires in a utopian community at Blithedale.
Summary of Young Goodman Brown
Journey into darkness: temptation, sin, and the loss of innocence in Puritan New England.
Summary of The Minister’s Black Veil
Unveiling the hidden sins and secrets that haunt a small Puritan town.
Summary of Rappaccini’s Daughter
Love, poison, and the consequences of meddling with nature in a haunting garden.
Summary of The Marble Faun
Unveiling the darkness of guilt and redemption in the heart of ancient Rome.
Summary of Twice-Told Tales
Dark secrets and haunting memories unravel in Hawthorne's haunting collection of eerie tales.
Summary of Mosses from an Old Manse
Exploring the dark complexities of human nature in a collection of haunting tales.
Timeline
Nathaniel Hawthorne is born in Salem, Massachusetts
Hawthorne enrolls at Bowdoin College
Hawthorne graduates from Bowdoin College
Hawthorne publishes his first novel, 'Fanshawe'
Hawthorne loses his job at the Salem Custom House
Hawthorne moves to Concord, Massachusetts and meets Ralph Waldo Emerson
Hawthorne publishes 'Mosses from an Old Manse'
Hawthorne publishes 'The Scarlet Letter'
Hawthorne's mother, Elizabeth Manning Hathorne, dies
Hawthorne marries Sophia Peabody
Hawthorne and his family move to Lenox, Massachusetts
Hawthorne publishes 'Tanglewood Tales'
Hawthorne publishes 'The Marble Faun'
Hawthorne publishes 'The Dolliver Romance'
Hawthorne dies in Plymouth, New Hampshire
Posthumous publication of 'The Marble Faun'