Title page of 1878 edition of The Scarlet Letter
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Hawthorne
was drawn to writing at an early age. In his youth he published The Spectator,
a newspaper which he distributed to family members from August to September
of 1820. His wit was in evidence in the essays, poems, news, and advertisements
in The Spectator. For the rest of his prolific writing life, Hawthorne
published over 100 short stories, sketches, novels, children's stories,
novels, and non-fiction pieces In his later years Hawthorne felt his muse
was on the wane, but he continued to write, producing works such as "Septimius
Felton," an unfinished romance.
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