美国伟大的浪漫主义小说家纳撒尼尔·霍桑于1804年生于马萨诸塞州萨勒姆镇。1825年从波登大学毕业后,蛰居家乡一幢老房子里,研读有关英格兰的历史文献,同时从事小说创作。他的绝大部分作品是以殖民地时期残酷的宗教统治为背景,描写 Nathaniel Hawthorne, a great American romantic novelist, was born in Salem, Mass., In 1804. After graduating from Bourdon University in 1825, she lived in an old house in her hometown, studying historical documents about England and writing novels. Much of his work is portrayed in the context of the cruel religious rule of the colonial period