Tuesday, February 24, 2009

Nathanial Hawthorne





"Handsome, reserved, almost frighteningly aloof until he was approached, then playful, cordial, Nathaniel Hawthorne was as mercurial and double0edged as his writing. 'Deep as Dante' Melville said" -- Brenda Wineapple, in "Hawthorne, a life"
And given the chance, I so would have.........

3 comments:

jason said...

get in line, Hester.

Norma said...

I second that! Fight you for him...?

ilduce said...

Smoldering looks, moody diatribes AND an original colonial mansion in Salem, fully loaded. Get ready to smack down!