Download or read book Love Letters of Nathaniel Hawthorne (Annotated) written by Nathaniel Hawthorne and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2016-03-25 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Fascinating as records of Hawthorne's psychology and occasionally touching as expressions of love and devotion, these letters are also often queasy and strange, insular expressions of a passion that never quite fully blossoms and seems strangely forced. The fact that Sophia rescued Nathaniel from a life of physical isolation and unceasing moral crisis explains his devotion.