Nathaniel Hawthorne
/ˌnəθænjəl ˈhɔːθɔːn/
/ˌnəθænjəl ˈhɔːθɔːrn/
- (1804-64) a US writer of novels and short stories. He was born in Salem, Massachusetts, and set his novels in New England during the time of the Puritans. The most famous are The Scarlet Letter (1850) and The House of the Seven Gables (1851) and his best-known collections of short stories are the two volumes of Twice-Told Tales (1837 and 1842). He lived in Europe for seven years and was US consul in Liverpool in 1853
纳撒尼尔·霍桑（Nathaniel Hawthorne）：（1804-64）美国小说和短篇小说作家。他出生于马萨诸塞州塞勒姆，在清教徒时期，他在新英格兰创作小说。最著名的是《红字》（1850年）和《七个山墙的房子》（1851年），而他最著名的短篇小说集是《两次故事》（1837年和1842年）两卷。他在欧洲生活了7年，并于1853年在利物浦担任美国领事。