Nathaniel Hawthorne

This is Nathaniel Hawthorne, the author of The House of the Seven Gables. 
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4. Name of father
5. Name of mother
6. Name of wife
7. Number of children
8. Name 2 of his most famous short stories
9. Name 2 of his most famous novels