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Hawthorne

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Haw·thorne  (hôthôrn)
A city of southern California, an industrial and residential suburb of Los Angeles. Population: 85,400.
Hawthorne, Nathaniel 1804-1864.
American writer whose novels, such as The Scarlet Letter (1850) and The House of the Seven Gables (1851), and short stories, including "Young Goodman Brown" (1835), are marked by elegant prose and moralistic and spiritual themes.
Hawthorne [ˈhɔːˌθɔːn]
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(Biographies / Hawthorne, Nathaniel (1804-1864) M, US, WRITING: novelist, WRITING: short-story writer) Nathaniel. 1804-64, US novelist and short-story writer: his works include the novels The Scarlet Letter (1850) and The House of the Seven Gables (1851) and the children's stories Tanglewood Tales (1853)
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Noun1.Hawthorne - United States writer of novels and short stories mostly on moral themes (1804-1864)Hawthorne - United States writer of novels and short stories mostly on moral themes (1804-1864)
Nathaniel Hawthorne
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