<영어로 읽는 고전 _ 나다니엘 호손의 다른 이야기와 스케치> 나다니엘 호손(Nathaniel Hawthorne)은 미국의 소설가이자 단편 소설가로 깊은 심리적 복잡성과 어두운 낭만주의로 유명했다. 1804년 7월 4일 매사추세츠 주 살렘에서 태어난 그는 미국 문학의 주요 인물이었으며 청교도 뉴잉글랜드를 배경으로 한 극명한 도덕적 갈등을 그린 소설 “주홍글씨”(1850)로 가장 잘 알려져 있다.
<Classics to read in English_ Other Tales and Sketches by Nathaniel Hawthorne > Nathaniel Hawthorne was an American novelist and short story writer known for his deep psychological complexity and dark romanticism. Born in Salem, Massachusetts, on July 4, 1804, he was a major figure in American literature and is best known for his novel “The Scarlet Letter” (1850), a stark moral conflict set in Puritan New England.
Summary Never did a pilgrim approach Niagara with deeper enthusiasm than mine. I had lingered away from it, and wandered to other scenes, because my treasury of anticipated enjoyments, comprising all the wonders of the world, had nothing else so magnificent, and I was loath to exchange the pleasures of hope for those of memory so soon. At length the day came. The stage-coach, with a Frenchman and myself on the back seat, had already left Lewiston, and in less than an hour would set us down in Manchester.