文档介绍：THEHOUSEOFTHESEVENGABLESbyNATHANIELHAWTHORNE作者简介霍桑(),长短篇小说家,生于马萨诸塞州塞勒姆。就读于博多因学院,闭门年钻研如何写小说。第一部长篇小说水平较低,但以后的一些短篇小说引起伦敦《文学俱乐部》()刊物的重视,其中几篇以《讲故事新编》()为题于年成集出版。首次取得成功的是长篇小说《红字》(),此书一直是他最著名的作品。其他作品有《带有七个尖角阁的房子》()、《雪影》()和为老同学皮尔斯总统写的竞选传记。皮尔斯就任总统后任命霍桑为驻利物浦总领事()。尽管国内对其作品的价值认识较晚,他依然笔耕不辍,创作了一些小品文和短篇小说,其中著名的是为《大西洋月刊》()所写的那些文字,后收集编为《我们的老家》()。,itneedhardlybeobservedthathewishestoclaimacertainlatitude,bothastoitsfashionandmaterial,,notmerelytothepossible,buttotheprobableandordinarycourseofman’—while,asaworkofart,itmustrigidlysubjectitselftolaws,andwhileitsinsunpardonablysofarasitmayswerveasidefromthetruthofthehumanheart—hasfairlyarighttopresentthattruthundercircumstances,toagreatextent,ofthewriter’,also,,nodoubt,tomakeaverymoderateuseoftheprivilegesherestated,and,especially,tomingletheMarvelousratherasaslight,delicate,andevanescentflavor,,however,,theauthorhasproposedtohimself—ess,fortunately,itisnotforhimtojudge—-,fromanepochnowgrayinthedistance,downintoourownbroaddaylight,andbringingalongwithitsomeofitslegendarymist,whichthereader,accord-ingtohispleasure,mayeitherdisregard,orallowittofloatalmostimper-,itmaybe,iswovenofsohumbleatextureastorequirethisadvantage,and,atthesametime,,