Today(actually yesterday) is Nathaniel Hawthorne's birthday. It is the 208th anniversary of his birth. "The Scarlet Letter" is his most well-known novel. Happy Birthday to you.
“Death should take me while I am in the mood.”
― Nathaniel Hawthorne, The Blithedale Romance
Novelist and short story writer (born Salem, Mass.) Nathaniel Hawthorne was born today in 1804 (he died in 1864).
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