Hawthorne was born in Salem Massachusetts on July 4, 1804 to a notable family with ancestors that had been some of the first Puritan settlers in New England. ... He spent the majority of his time reading in his room, which prompted the development of his extreme interest in books and exceedingly shy personality ("Nathaniel Hawthorne"). ... Despite the success of his work, their income was still extremely low and in 1845, the family moved in with Hawthorne's mother in Salem where he worked as a surveyor at the Salem Custom House. ... Hawthorne was highly ashamed of his Puritan family bac...

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