num_pages: 978
description: Nathaniel Hawthorne was the quintessential New England writer and a literary chronicler of the early American experience. This volume brings together the five novels that he completed in his lifetime - Fanshawe, The Scarlet Letter, The House of the Seven Gables, The Blithedale Romance, and The Marble Faun - all rich with symbolism and allegory that bring the historical past vividly to life.Hawthorne imbued his novels with a psychological complexity unparalleled in American Literature. Both his insight into the past and his deep understanding of the mind keep his work relevant today.Nathaniel Hawthorne: Five Novels is part of Barnes &amp; Noble's Library of Essential Writers. Each title in the series presents the finest works - complete and unabridged - from one of the greatest writers in literature in magnificent, elegantly designed hard-back editions. Every volume also includes an original introduction that provides the reader with enlightening information on the writer's life and works.
language: English
title: Five Novels
titlecomplete: Five Novels (Library of Essential Writers)
genres: Classics
ratings_count: 7
publisher: Barnes & Noble