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"He had taken a dreary road,darkened by all the gloomiest trees of the forest, which barely stood
aside to let the narrow path creep through, and closed immediately behind."
~from "Young Goodman Brown" by Hawthorne
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Nathaniel Hawthorne
Hawthorne was born on July 4th, 1804 in Salem, Massachusetts. In 1842,
he married Sophia Peabody. Hawthorne came from a Puritan family which he used as inspiration for the famous The Scarlet
Letter. Also, Hawthorne wrote "The Birth-marK", "Young Goodman Brown", and "Rappacini's Daughter" which were published
in 1854. He died in New Hampshire in 1864.
Emily Dickinson
Dickinson was born in Amherst, Massachusetts in 1830. She began to write
poetry in 1850. She did not come in contact with many people, because most of the time she did not even leave her room.
Emily Dickinson died in 1886.
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During this time period in world history:
- 1853-1856- Crimean War
- 1853- First railroad line in India
- 1869- Suez Canal is completed
- 1860-1865- American Civil War
- 1871- German Empire is formed
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