The Centenary Edition of the
Works of Nathaniel Hawthorne
Volumes XXI and XXII, The English Notebooks, 1853–1856 and The
English Notebooks, 1856–1860, complete the Centenary Edition of the
Works of Nathaniel Hawthorne. These notebooks, comprising more than 350,000
words, are the longest sustained writing of Hawthorne’s career.Hawthorne traveled to England in 1853, having been appointed American consul at Liverpool by his old college friend, now president, Franklin Pierce. While in Europe, Hawthorne kept a voluminous journal, in part with an eye to its future usefulness. The English Notebooks contain detailed accounts of the family’s sightseeing, with due attention to nature, architecture, and the oddities of the British character.
Even
in journal form, his observations are “worked up” and not mere jottings. The
English Notebooks are unique in Hawthorne’s writing for their indulgence
in the literary gossip common to men of letters of the Victorian age. In his
descriptions of his extensive travels in many parts of England and Scotland, and
his “picturesque tour” of North Wales, Hawthorne examines critically the
settings and trappings of the British historical novel, using his position as
consul to examine the new urban culture. These tours and observations, more than
literary gossip, led him to his final and unfinished writing projects, The
American Claimant Manuscripts and The Elixir of Life Manuscripts
(Volumes XII and XIII).Vol. I, The Scarlet Letter
1963 292 pp.
$60.00s cloth 0059-1
Vol. II, The House of the Seven Gables
1965 420 pp.
$60.00s cloth 0060-5
Vol. III, The Blithedale Romance and Fanshawe
1965 507 pp.
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Vol. IV, The Marble Faun
1969 610 pp.
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Vol. V, Our Old Home
1970 497 pp. CIP. LC 75-92336
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Vol. VI, True Stories from History and Biography
1972 369 pp. CIP. LC 93-150220
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Vol. VII, A Wonder Book and Tanglewood Tales
1972 464 pp.
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Vol. VIII, The American Notebooks
1971 835 pp. CIP. LC 70-150222
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Vol. IX, Twice-told Tales
1974 637 pp. CIP. LC 73-5363
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Vol. X, Mosses from an Old Manse
1974 664 pp. CIP. LC 73-5364
$80.00s cloth 0203-9
Vol. XI, The Snow Image and Uncollected Tales
1974 488 pp. CIP. LC 73-5365
$70.00s cloth 0204-7
Vol. XII, The American Claimant Manuscripts
1977 657 pp. CIP. LC 77-75175
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Vol. XIII, The Elixir of Life Manuscripts
1978 803 pp. CIP. LC 77-00000
$95.00s cloth 0252-7
Vol. XIV, The French and Italian Notebooks
1980 1,045 pp. CIP. LC 63-750
$95.00s cloth 0256-X
Vol. XV, The Letters, 1813–1843
1985 785 pp. CIP. LC 83-27336
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Vol. XVI, The Letters, 1843–1853
1985 775 pp. CIP. LC 83-27336
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Vol. XVII, The Letters, 1853–1856
1988 667 pp. CIP. LC 83-27336
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Vol. XVIII, The Letters, 1857–1864
1987 732 pp. CIP. LC 83-27336
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Vol. XIX, The Consular Letters, 1853–1855
1988 480 pp. CIP. LC 83-27336
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Vol. XX, The Consular Letters, 1856–1857
1988 340 pp. CIP. LC 88-5299
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Vol. XXI, The English Notebooks, 1853–1856
1997 878 pp. CIP. LC 96-23705
$95.00s cloth 0670-0
Vol. XXII, The English Notebooks, 1856–1860
1997 866 pp. CIP. LC 96-23705
$95.00s cloth 0671-9
Vol. XXIII, Miscellaneous Prose and Verse
1995 752 pp. CIP. LC 94-31078
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