This is the annotated edition including a rare and extensive biographical essay on the author, as well as an introductory to the book written by George Parsons

The American Notebooks follows chronological order, tracing Hawthorne's development over a period of eighteen years. The individual entries, however, are quite

This volume contains selections from Hawthorne's journals from 1835 to 1853, shortly before his departure for England, as well as some extracts from his letters