Tuesday, February 24, 2009

Nathanial Hawthorne





"Handsome, reserved, almost frighteningly aloof until he was approached, then playful, cordial, Nathaniel Hawthorne was as mercurial and double0edged as his writing. 'Deep as Dante' Melville said" -- Brenda Wineapple, in "Hawthorne, a life"
And given the chance, I so would have.........

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