Answer: hawthorne

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HAWTHORNE"The Blithedale Romance" author
HAWTHORNEMelville neighbor
HAWTHORNEAuthor of "The House of the Seven Gables"
HAWTHORNE"The Scarlet Letter" author
HAWTHORNENovelist and surveyor of the port.
HAWTHORNENeighbor of Emerson and Thoreau.
HAWTHORNEHe wrote "The Marble Faun," 1860.
HAWTHORNECreator of Arthur Dimmesdale.
HAWTHORNEMajor American novelist.
HAWTHORNEIll. race track
HAWTHORNEAuthor from Salem, Mass.