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The Private Papers of Henry Ryecroft · Character

Nathaniel Hawthorne

American novelist mentioned in literary comparisons.

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Also known as Hawthorne

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Nathaniel Hawthorne shows up with force in XVII. The page is where that presence becomes real.

Quoted for his disillusioning experience at Brook Farm, where he found labor brutifying.
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