The Dolliver Romance (Barnes & Noble Digital Library)

By Nathaniel Hawthorne

This extraordinary fragment, left incomplete at the author's death, hints at the direction Hawthorne's genius may have taken had he lived.  Ironically, the subject is the search—through science rather than magic—for an "elixir of life."  Poignantly, the unfinished manuscript lay upon Hawthorne's coffin during the author's funeral services.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Barnes & Noble
• Release date: Feb 22, 2011
• ISBN: 9781411437678

Nathaniel Hawthorne

Nathaniel Hawthorne was born is Salem, Massachusetts in 1804. His father died when he was four years old. His first novel, Fanshawe, was published anonymously at his own expense in 1828. He later disowned the novel and burned the remaining copies. For the next twenty years he made his living as a writer of tales and children's stories. He assured his reputation with the publication of The Scarlet Letter in 1850 and The House of the Seven Gables the following year. In 1853 he was appointed consul in Liverpool, England, where he lived for four years. He died in 1864.