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Nov 15, 2024 · Nathaniel Hawthorne (1804-1864) was an American author of novels and short stories, who produced some of the most memorable works of American literature: the novels The Scarlet Letter and The House of the Seven Gables as well as the short stories Young Goodman Brown and My Kinsman, Major Molineaux, among many others.
Nov 26, 2019 · In this story he conjoins with three other familiar Hawthorne types, the young initiate into life’s malignities, the trusting victim of a detached manipulator, and the insensitive violator of his victim’s integrity.
Apr 22, 2021 · Below, we introduce ten of Nathaniel Hawthorne’s best novels and stories, all of which are well worth reading. 1. ‘ Young Goodman Brown ’. This 1835 story is one of Hawthorne’s earliest mature works, and is arguably his best-known and most acclaimed short story, inspired in part by the Salem witch craze of 1692.
Nathaniel Hawthorne (1804-1864) was an American author of novels and short stories, who produced some of the most memorable works of American literature: the novels The Scarlet Letter and The House of the Seven Gables as well as the short stories Young Goodman Brown and My Kinsman, Major Molineaux, among many others.
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“Young Goodman Brown” tells the story of a young man of the colonial middle class who has a prearranged meeting in the forest with a mysterious stranger. Told in third person by a nameless narrator, the story begins at sunset when Brown, who does not heed his young wife’s pleas to the contrary, leaves his home to venture off into the forest.
‘Young Goodman Brown’ (1835) is one of the most famous stories by the American author Nathaniel Hawthorne. Inspired in part by the Salem witch craze of 1692, the story is a powerful exploration of the dark side of human nature.
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Among the earliest works of the short story genre, "Young Goodman Brown" (1835) by Nathaniel Hawthorne (1804864) is also among the most brilliant. Few can match it in its dramatic appeal,...
