Much of Hawthorne's writing centers around New England and many feature moral allegories with a Puritan inspiration. Hawthorne died on May 19, 1864, leaving behind his wife and their three children. A political appointment took Hawthorne and family to Europe before returning to The Wayside in 1860.
The Scarlet Letter was published in 1850, followed by a succession of other novels. The couple moved to The Old Manse in Concord, Massachusetts, later moving to Salem, the Berkshires, then to The Wayside in Concord. He worked at a Custom House and joined a Transcendentalist Utopian community, before marrying Peabody in 1842. In 1837, he published Twice-Told Tales and became engaged to painter and illustrator Sophia Peabody the next year. Hawthorne anonymously published his first work, a novel titled Fanshawe, in 1828. Shortly after graduating from Bowdoin College, Hathorne changed his name to Hawthorne. He is seen as a key figure in the development of American literature for his tales of the nation's colonial history. Nathaniel Hawthorne was a 19th century American novelist and short story writer.
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