第1页共173页编号：时间：2021年x月x日书山有路勤为径，学海无涯苦作舟页码：第1页共173页THESCARLETLETTERbyNathanielHawthorneEDITOR'SNOTENathanielHawthornewasalreadyamanofforty-six,andatalewriterofsometwenty-fouryears'standing,when"TheScarletLetter"appeared.HewasbornatSalem,Mass.,onJuly4th,1804,sonofasea-captain.Heledthereashyandrathersombrelife;offewartisticencouragements,yetnotwhollyuncongenial,hismoody,intenselymeditativetemperamentbeingconsidered.Itscoloursandshadowsaremarvelouslyreflectedinhis"Twice-ToldTales"andothershortstories,theproductofhisfirstliteraryperiod.EvenhiscollegedaysatBowdoindidnotquitebreakthroughhisacquiredandinheritedreserve;butbeneathitall,hisfacultyofdiviningmenandwomenwasexercisedwithalmostuncannyprescienceandsubtlety."TheScarletLetter,"whichexplainsasmuchofthisuniqueimaginativeart,asistobegatheredfromreadinghishighestsingleachievement,yetneedstoberangedwithhisotherwritings,earlyandlate,tohaveitslasteffect.Intheyearthatsawitpublished,hebegan"TheHouseoftheSevenGables,"alaterromanceorprose-tragedyofthePuritan-Americancommunityashehadhimselfknownit—defraudedofartandthejoyoflife,"starvingforsymbols"asEmersonhasit.NathanielHawthornediedatPlymouth,NewHampshire,onMay18th,1864.Thefollowingisthetableofhisromances,stories,andotherworks:Fanshawe,publishedanonymously,1826;Twice-ToldTales,1stSeries,1837;2ndSeries,1842;Grandfather'sChair,ahistoryforyouth,1845:FamousOldPeople(Grandfather'sChair),1841LibertyTree:withthelastwordsofGrandfather'sChair,1842;BiographicalStoriesforChildren,1842;MossesfromanOldManse,1846;TheScarletLetter,1850;TheHouseoftheSevenGables,1851:TrueStoriesfromHistoryandBiography(thewholeHistoryofGrandfather'sChair),1851AWonderBookforGirlsandBoys,1851;TheSnowImageandotherTales,1851:TheBlithedaleRomance,1852;LifeofFranklinPierce,1852;TanglewoodTales(2ndSeriesoftheWonderBook),1853;ARillfromtheTown-Pump,withremarks,byTelba,1857;TheMarbleFaun;or,TheRomanceofMonteBeni(4EDITOR'SNOTE)(publishedinEnglandunderthe第2页共173页第1页共173页编号：时间：2021年x月x日书山有路勤为径，学海无涯苦作舟页码：第2页共173页titleof"Transformation"),1860,OurOldHome,1863;DolliverRomance(1stPartin"AtlanticMonthly"),1864;in3Parts,1876;Pansie,afragment,Hawthorne'lastliteraryeffort,1864;AmericanNote-Books,1868;EnglishNoteBooks,editedbySophiaHawthorne,1870;FrenchandItalianNoteBooks,1871;SeptimiusFelton;or,theElixirofLife(fromthe"AtlanticMonthly"),1872;DoctorGrimshawe'sSecret,withPrefaceandNotesbyJulianHawthorne,1882.TalesoftheWhiteHills,LegendsofNewEngland,LegendsoftheProvinceHouse,1877,containtaleswhichhadalreadybeenprintedinbookformin"Twice-ToldTales"andthe"Mosses""SketchedandStudies,"1883.Hawthorne'scontributionstomagazineswerenumerous,andmostofhistalesappearedfirstinperiodicals,chieflyin"TheToken,"1831-1838,"NewEnglandMagazine,"1834,1835;"Knickerbocker,"1837-1839;"DemocraticReview,"1838-1846;"AtlanticMonthly,"1860-1872(scenesfromtheDolliverRomance,SeptimiusFelton,andpassagesfromHawthorne'sNote-Books).Works:in24volumes,1879;in12volumes,withintroductorynotesbyLathrop,RiversideEdition,1883.Biography,etc.;A.H.Japp(pseud.H.A.Page),MemoirofN.Hawthorne,1872;J.T.Field's"YesterdayswithAuthors,"1873G.P.Lathrop,"AStudyofHawthorne,"1876;HenryJamesEnglishMenofLetters,1879;JulianHawthorne,"NathanielHawthorneandhiswife,"1885;MoncureD.Conway,LifeofNathanielHawthorne,1891;AnalyticalIndexof...
