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Julian Hawthorne was an American writer and journalist, the son of novelist Nathaniel Hawthorne and Sophia Peabody. He wrote numerous poems, novels, short stories, mystery/detective fiction, essays and travel books. For this book, the critic August Nemo selected seven short stories by this author: - David Poindexter's Disappearance. - Ken's Mystery. - When Half-gods Go, the Gods Arrive. - Set Not Thy Foot on Graves. - My Friend Paton. - The Christmas Guest. - The Laughing Mill
Welcome to the Essential Novelists book series, were we present to you the best works of remarkable authors. For this book, the literary critic August Nemo has chosen the two most important and meaningful novels of Julian Hawthorne wich are Bressant and Idolatry. Julian Hawthorne was the son of novelist Nathaniel Hawthorne and Sophia Peabody. He wrote numerous poems, novels, short stories, mystery/detective fiction, essays, travel books, biographies, and short histories. Novels selected for this book: - Bressant - IdolatryThis is one of many books in the series Essential Novelists. If you liked this book, look for the other titles in the series, we are sure you will like some of the authors.
Compiled in one book, the essential collection of books by Julian Hawthorne: Archibald Malmaison Bressant Confessions and Criticisms David Poindexter's Disappearance and Other Tales The Golden Fleece Hawthorne and His Circle Idolatry The Subterranean Brotherhood
Reprint of the original, first published in 1882.
24 October 2001
Reproduction of the original: Hawthorne and His Circle by Julian Hawthorne
Julian Hawthorne (1846-1934), Nathaniel Hawthorne's only son, lived a long and influential life marked by bad circumstances and worse choices. Raised among luminaries such as Thoreau, Emerson, and the Beecher family, Julian became a promising novelist in his twenties, but his writing soon devolved into mediocrity. What talent the young Hawthorne had was spent chasing across the changing literary and publishing landscapes of the period in search of a paycheck, writing everything from potboilers to ad copy. Julian was consistently short of funds because--as biographer Gary Scharnhorst is the first to reveal--he was supporting two households: his wife in one and a longtime mistress in the other...