1837asTwice-ToldTales.Thenextyear,hebecameengagedtoSophiaPeabody.HeworkedataCustomHouseandjoinedBrookFarm,munity,beforemarryingPeabodyin1842.ThecouplemovedtoTheOldManseinConcord,Massachusetts,latermovingtoSalem,theBerkshires,thentoTheWaysideinConcord.TheScarletLetterwaspublishedin1850,essionofothernovels.ApoliticalappointmenttookHawthorneandfamilytoEuropebeforetheirreturntoTheWaysidein1860.HawthornediedonMay19,1864,andwassurvivedbyhiswifeandtheirthreechildren.MuchofHawthorne'swritingcentersonNewEngland,manyworksfeaturingmoralallegorieswithaPuritaninspiration.HisfictionworksareconsideredpartoftheRomanticmovementand,morespecifically,Darkromanticism.Histhemesoftencenterontheinherentevilandsinofhumanity,plexity.Hispublishedworksincludenovels,shortstories,andabiographyofhisfriendFranklinPierce.
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