Novels
The House of Seven GablesThe Scarlet Letter
The Marble Faun
Short Stories
Dr. Heidegger's ExperimentEthan Brand
Feathertop
My Kinsman, Major Molineux
Peter Goldthwaite's Treasure
Rappaccini's Daughter
The Ambitious Guest
The Birthmark
The Celestial Railroad
The Great Carbuncle
The Great Stone Face
The Minister's Black Veil
Wakefield
Young Goodman Brown
Nathaniel Hawthorne was born on July 4, 1804 in Salem, Massachusetts. He was a short story writer and romance novelist, best know for his short stories and two widely read romance novels: The Scarlet Letter and The House of Seven Gables.
His work was often set in colonial New England and are heavy with the moral content of his Puritan background.