num_pages: 852
description: This volume contains selections from Hawthorne's journals from 1835 to 1853, shortly before his departure for England, as well as some extracts from his letters within the same period. They contain many initial ideas which were to become stories and parts of romances, as well as meticulous observations of people and nature.
language: English
title: The American Notebooks
titlecomplete: The American Notebooks
ratings_count: 19
publisher: Ohio State University Press