The Scarlet Lette Author:Nathaniel Hawthorne illustrated, complete, and unabridged — Nathaniel Hawthorne, one of our great American novelists, was born in Salem, Massachusetts, in 1804. His ancestors were Puritans of the sternest type, but his personal attitude toward his friends was gentle and sympathetic. In 1850, "The Scarlet Letter," the most memorable of all of Hawthorne's stories, was... more » published, and his fame was established. The book was hailed, both in England and America, as a work of genius.« less