The English Notebooks (Masterplots, Definitive Revised Edition)
At a glance:
- Author: Nathaniel Hawthorne
- First Published: 1870
- Type of Work: Journals
- Genres: Nonfiction, Diary
- Subjects: Traveling or travelers, Nineteenth century, England or English people, Scotland or Scottish people, Presidents, Diplomacy or diplomats, Wales or Welsh people
Critical Evaluation:
As a result of Nathaniel Hawthorneâs close friendship with President Franklin Pierce for whom he had written a successful campaign biography, he was appointed United States Consul to Liverpool in 1853. Hawthorne eagerly anticipated his first trip abroad, although he hated to leave his pleasant home in Concord.
During the years Hawthorne was in England, 1853-1858, he did no creative writing, largely because he was too busy with his duties as consul and also because he spent much time touring England, Scotland, and Wales. But he did keep an extensive...
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