The introduction makes a brief introduction to the literary assessment on Nathanial Hawthorne in the history of American literature, followed by a summarized account of the story in the novel.

引言简要评价了纳撒尼尔·霍桑在美国文学史上的地位，并介绍了小说的故事梗概。

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He relied on many interlocutors including Emerson, Louisa May Alcott, and Nathanial Hawthorne.

FORBES: Thoreau's Idea Hunt, and Ours