Hawthorne - Early Manhood Part II

In which the reflective examination of Hawthorne’s solitary habits and delicate sensibility reveals a man deeply attuned to the subtleties of commonplace life amid the austere and unvaried rural landscape of early New England. The text delicately sketches the intricacies of his social detachment, democratic sympathies, and the peculiar vitality of his keen observations recorded in his intriguingly restrained Note-Books.