Hawthorne, Nathaniel (1804-1864) - An American writer whose old New England
family was involved in the Salem Witch Trials and Quaker persecutions. His
reflections on his family's past became the theme of many of his works.
His clear, musical style made him one of America's most emulated authors.
Wedding Knell (1836) - The narrator recounts his grandmother's favorite
narrative about an old couple who were married in a church in New York City
where the bells tolled a blaring Wedding Knell.
