The Seven Vagabonds by Nathaniel Hawthorne

By Nathaniel Hawthorne. Rambling on foot in the spring of my life and the summer of the year,I came one afternoon to a point which gave me the choice of threedirections. Straight before me, the main road extended its dustylength to Boston; on the left a branch went towards the sea, and wouldhave lengthened my journey a trifle of twenty or thirty miles; whileby the right-hand path, I might have gone over hills and lakes toCanada, visiting in my way the celebrated town of Stamford. I approved of the plan exceedingly,and began to sum up within my mind the many uncommon felicities in thelife of a book-peddler, especially when his character resembled that ofthe individual before me.

Bill said: This charming character-driven vignette, first published in The Token and Atlantic Souvenir. Nathaniel Hawthorne was a 19th century American novelist and short story writer. He is seen as a key figure in the development of American literature for his tales of the nation's colonial history. Shortly after graduating from Bowdoin College, Hathorne changed his name to Hawthorne. Hawthorne anonymously published his first work, a novel titled Fanshawe, in 1828. In 1837, he published Twice-Told T Nathaniel Hawthorne was a 19th century American novelist and short story writer.

Book title: The Seven Vagabonds. Author/s: Hawthorne, Nathaniel. Category: Short Stories.

By Nathaniel Hawthorne. Rambling on foot in the spring of my life and the summer of the year, I came one afternoon to a point which gave me the choice of three directions. Straight before me, the main road extended its dusty length to Boston; on the left a branch went towards the sea, and would have lengthened my journey a trifle of twenty or thirty miles; while by the right hand path, I might have gone over hills and lakes to Canada, visiting in my way the celebrated town of Stamford. By the self same impulse the tailor plied his needle, the blacksmith's hammer descended upon the anvil, and the dancers whirled away on feathery tiptoes; the company of soldiers broke into platoons, retreated from the stage, and were succeeded by a troop of horse, who came prancing onward with such a sound of trumpets and trampling of hoofs, as might have startled.

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Literature Network Nathaniel Hawthorne The Seven Vagabonds. From Twice Told Tales. face with the veritable author of a printed book. The literary man now evinced a great kindness for me, and I ventured to inquire which way he was travelling. O," said he, "I keep company with this old gentleman here, and we are moving now towards the camp-meeting at Stamford!" He then explained to me, that for the present season he had rented a corner of the wagon as a bookstore, which, as he wittily observed, was a true Circulating Library, since there were few parts of the country where it had not gone its rounds.

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He entered Bowdoin College in 1821, was elected to Phi Beta Kappa in 1824, and graduated in 1825. Hawthorne published his first work, a novel titled Fanshawe, in 1828; he later tried to suppress it, feeling it was not equal to the standard of his later work. He published several short stories in various periodicals, which he collected in 1837 as Twice-Told Tales. The next year, he became engaged to Sophia Peabody.