Author's Background: Nathaniel Hawthorne was born in

Salem, Massachusetts on July 4th, 1804. Hawthorne lived

poor due to his father's death when he was four, but he was

helped by relatives and enrolled in college where he

displayed an interest in writing. In college, he met a friend

who would prove to be an invaluable help Franklin Pierce,

future President of the United States. In 1825 he graduated

and lived with his uncle in Salem for 12 years, devoting his

time to reading, writing, and scrapping for publication. He

spewed out several stories, but few sold for over $35 each.

In 1837 Hawthorne took a job in the Custom-House in

Boston. He grew bored with this work and the people

around him, however, up to the point where he wrote The

Custom House as an introduction to The Scarlet Letter. In

this introduction he showed the dull life of working in a

custom house. From the Custom-House, he left for Brooke

Farm. During his time at Brooke Farm, he met such thinkers

as......

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Title: The Scarlet Letter
Approximate Word Count: 1909
Approximate Pages: 8 (250 words per double-spaced page)

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