The Dolliver Romance and Kindred Tales

by Nathaniel Hawthorne

Overview

The Dolliver Romance was the work that Nathaniel Hawthorne was working on at the time of his death. Hawthorne began working on it in 1858 after returning to the US from England, but put it aside for his Marble Faun. He began working on it again in 1861, as the Civil War started, and was still working on it in 1864 when he died suddenly. This work collects three works that were unfinished: The Dolliver Romance, Septimus Felton, or, the Elixir of Life, and The Ancestral Footstep.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781410205216
Publisher:	University Press of the Pacific
Publication date:	04/25/2003
Pages:	460
Product dimensions:	5.00(w) x 8.00(h) x 1.14(d)

About the Author

One of the greatest authors in American literature, Nathaniel Hawthorne (1804-1864) was a novelist and short story writer born in Salem, Massachusetts. Hawthorne’s best-known books include The House of the Seven Gables and The Scarlet Letter, works marked by a psychological depth and moral insight seldom equaled by other writers.

Date of Birth:

July 4, 1804

Date of Death:

May 19, 1864

Place of Birth:

Salem, Massachusetts

Place of Death:

Plymouth, New Hampshire

Education:

Bowdoin College, Brunswick, Maine, 1824