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（America）Nathaniel Hawthorne(1804--1864) . The Scarlet Letter. Aviation Industry Press, January, 2007. The first edition. About Author Nathaniel Hawthorne was born on July 4, 1804, in Salem, Massachusetts, a descendant of a long line of Puritan ancestors including John Hathorne, a presiding magistrate in the Salem witch trials. He was brought up by his widowed mother. Then he enter Bowdoin College in Maine. After graduation from college, Hawthorne began trying to write and published several articles on historical aspects. His first novel, Fanshawe, was unsuccessful and Hawthorne himself disavowed it as amateurish. In 1846, he published essays Tales The Moss of Old House , many of them on the story of early American. In 1845, Hawthorne continued as a Customs inspector in Salem. At this time, he was like the narrator of The Scarlet Letter. In 1850, he lost the job to stay later, issued a The Scarlet Letter and said the novel did not win universal emblazonment, however, at least it raises the readers heart-warming cheer. Hawthorne had wrote a campaign biography for Franklin Pierce and help him become president .In 1853, Pierce appointed Hawthorne as the U.S. consul abroad. Hawthorne in Europe and spent the subsequent six years. In 1864, that is, in his return to the United 　States a few years later, he died. The other major works written by Hawthorne include The House of Seven Angular Pavilion (1851), Fogo Legend (1852), The Statue of Marble(1860.). The Main Content The Scarlet Letter was based on a true love story that happened in New England range from 1642 to 1649. Hester Prynne was a kind and beautiful English woman. Unfortunately, she married a deformed old doctor, Roger Chillingworth so that she had ruined her youth. In the way of migrating to North America, Roger was caught by Indians so that Hester had to live a lonely life in the Boston. However, she fell into love with Arthur Dimmesdale , a pastor who was young and talented. After their unlawful daug