THE HOUSE WINS
Books by Nathaniel Hawthorne, Louisa May Alcott, and Margaret Sidney who all lived in the same house, at different times. The house was "The Wayside" in Concord, MA.
According to Wikipedia: "The Wayside is a historic house in Concord, Massachusetts. The earliest part of the home may date to 1717. Later, it successively became the home of the young Louisa May Alcott and her family, author Nathaniel Hawthorne and his family, and children's literature writer Margaret Sidney. It became the first site with literary associations acquired by the National Park Service and is now open to the public as part of Minute Man National Historical Park... It is open to the public seasonally for guided tours. Its address is 455 Lexington Road in Concord."
Nathaniel Hawthorne
According to Wikipedia: "Nathaniel Hawthorne (born Nathaniel Hathorne; July 4, 1804 – May 19, 1864) was an American novelist and short story writer.He was born in 1804 in Salem, Massachusetts to Nathaniel Hathorne and the former Elizabeth Clarke Manning. His ancestors include John Hathorne, the only judge involved in the Salem witch trials who never repented of his actions. Nathaniel later added a "w" to make his name "Hawthorne" in order to hide this relation... Much of Hawthorne's writing centers on New England, many works featuring moral allegories with a Puritan inspiration. His fiction works are considered part of the Romantic movement and, more specifically, Dark romanticism. His themes often center on the inherent evil and sin of humanity, and his works often have moral messages and deep psychological complexity. His published works include novels, short stories, and a biography of his friend Franklin Pierce... In 1852, the Hawthornes returned to Concord. In February, they bought The Hillside, a home previously inhabited by Amos Bronson Alcott and his family, and renamed it The Wayside. Their neighbors in Concord included Emerson and Henry David Thoreau... Hawthorne's works belong to romanticism or, more specifically, dark romanticism cautionary tales that suggest that guilt, sin, and evil are the most inherent natural qualities of humanity. Many of his works are inspired by Puritan New England, His depictions of the past are a version of historical fiction used only as a vehicle to express common themes of ancestral sin, guilt and retribution. His later writings also reflect his negative view of the Transcendentalism movement. Hawthorne was predominantly a short story writer in his early career. Upon publishing Twice-Told Tales, however, he noted, "I do not think much of them", and he expected little response from the public. His four major romancesThe Scarlet Letter (1850), The House of the Seven Gables (1851), The Blithedale Romance (1852) and The Marble Faun (1860). Another novel-length romance, Fanshawe was published anonymously in 1828. Hawthorne defined a romance as being radically different from a novel by not being concerned with the possible or probable course of ordinary experience. In the preface to The House of the Seven Gables, Hawthorne describes his romance-writing as using "atmospherical medium as to bring out or mellow the lights and deepen and enrich the shadows of the picture." combining historical romance loaded with symbolism and deep psychological themes, bordering on surrealism. were written between 1850 and 1860."
Nathaniel Hawthorne: 7 Novels, 8 Books of Short Stories, and 9 Non-Fiction Books
This file includes 7 novels (Fanshawe, Scarlet Letter, House of the Seven Gables, Blithedale Romance, Marble Faun, Septimius Felton, and Doctor Grimshawe's Secret), 8 books of Short Stories (From Mosses from an Old Manse, The Great Stone Face and Other Tales, From The Snow Imag, A Book of Autographs, The Dolliver Romance (fragments), Other Tales and Sketches, Tanglewood Tales, and Twice-Told Tales), and 9 Non-Fiction books (Passages from the American Note-Books, Passages from the English Note-Books, Passages from the French and Italian Note-Books, Biographical Studies, True STories of History and Biography, Sketches and Studies, Our Old Home, Journal of an African Cruiser, and The Whole History of Grandfather's Chair.
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Nathaniel Hawthorne: 7 novels
This file includes: Fanshawe (1828), The Scarlet Letter (1850), The House of the Seven Gables (1851), The Blithedale Romance (1852), The Marble Faun (1860), Septimius Felton (1872), and Doctor Grimshawe's Secret (1882).
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Nathaniel Hawthorne: 8 books of short stories
This file includes: From Mosses from an Old Manse, The Great Stone Face and other Tales of the White Mountains, A Book of Autographs, The Dolliver Romance (fragments), Other Tales and Sketches, Tanglewood Tales, and Twice-Told Tales (edition of 1889).
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Nathaniel Hawthorne: 9 non-fiction books
This file includes: Passages from the American Note-Books, Passages from the English Note-Books, Passages from the French and Italian Note-Books, Biographical Studies, True Stories of History and Biography, Sketches and Studies, Our Old Home, Journal of an African Cruiser, and The Whole History of Grandfather's Chair.
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Nathaniel Hawthorne: 10 Books About Him
This file includes: Authors and Friends by Annie Fields, Brook Farm by John Thomas Codman, Hawthorne by Henry James, The Life and Genius of Nathaniel Hawthorne by Frank Preston Stearns, Memories of Hawthorne by Rose Hawthorne lathrop, My Friends at Boork Farm by John van Dee Zee Sears, Nathaniel Hawthorne by George E. Woodberry, Sketches from Concord and Appledore by Frank Preston Stearns, A Study of Hawthorne by George Parsons lathrop, and Yesterdays with Authors by James Fields.
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Louisa May Alcott
According to Wikipedia: "Louisa May Alcott (November 29, 1832 – March 6, 1888) was an American novelist best known as author of the novel Little Women and its sequels Little Men and Jo's Boys. Raised by her transcendentalist parents, Abigail May and Amos Bronson Alcott in New England, she grew up among many of the well-known intellectuals of the day such as Ralph Waldo Emerson, Nathaniel Hawthorne, and Henry David Thoreau. Nevertheless, her family suffered severe financial difficulties and Alcott worked to help support the family from an early age. She began to receive critical success for her writing in the 1860s. Early in her career, she sometimes used the pen name A. M. Barnard. Published in 1868, Little Women is set in the Alcott family home, Orchard House, in Concord, Massachusetts and is loosely based on Alcott's childhood experiences with her three sisters. The novel was very well received and is still a popular children's novel today. Alcott was an abolitionist and a feminist."
Louisa May Alcott: 29 Books
This book-collection file includes: Flower Fables, Hospital Sketches, On Picket Duty and Other Tales, The Mysterious Key and What It Opened, Little Women, Kitty's Class Day and Other Stories, An Old-Fashioned Girl, Aunt Jo's Scrap-Bag, Shawl-Straps, Jimmy's Cruise in the Pinafore Etc., Little Men, Work, Eight Cousins, Rose in Bloom, Under the Lilacs, Jo's Boys, A Garland for Girls, A Modern Cinderella and Other Stories, And Old-Fashioned Thanksgiving, Moods, Silver Pitchers and Independence, Spinning Wheel Stories,The Louisa Alcott Reader, Behind a Mask, and The Abbot's Ghost.
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Margaret Sidney
According to Wikipedia: "Margaret Sidney was the pseudonym of American author Harriett Mulford Stone Lothrop (June 22, 1844–August 2, 1924). In addition to writing popular children's stories, she ran her husband Daniel Lothrop's publishing company after his death. After they bought The Wayside country house together, they worked hard to make it a center of literary life...She published nothing until 1878, at the age of 34, when she began sending short stories to Wide Awake, a children's magazine in Boston. Two of her stories, “Polly Pepper's Chicken Pie” and “Phronsie Pepper's New Shoes,” proved to be very popular with readers. Daniel Lothrop, the editor of the magazine, requested that Stone write more. The success of Harriett's short stories prompted her to write the now-famous “Five Little Peppers” series. This series was first published in 1881, the year that Stone married Daniel Lothrop. Daniel had founded the D. Lothrop Company of Boston, who published Harriett's books under her pseudonym, Margaret Sidney. Harriett and Daniel may have both had an interest in history and in famous authors. In 1883, they purchased the house in which both Louisa May Alcott and Nathaniel Hawthorne had lived. Nicknamed The Wayside, the house is located in Concord, Massachusetts."
Margaret Sidney: 7 Novels
This file includes: Five Little Peppers and How They Grew, Five Little Peppers Midway, Five Little Peppers Grown Up, Five Little Peppers: The Adventures of Joel Pepper, Five Little Peppers Abroad, Five Little Peppers at School, and Five Little Peppers and Their Friends. According to Wikipedia: "The Five Little Peppers book series was created by Margaret Sidney from 1881 to 1916. It covers the lives of the five children of Mamsie and the late Mister Pepper who are born into poverty in a rural "little brown house." The series begins with the Peppers in their native state and develops with their rescue by a wealthy gentleman who takes an interest in the family."
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