The excerpt from the introduction to the 1901 edition of the scarlet letter showed the readers about Hawthorne's personal life and how it influenced his writing. Before Hawthorne had ever written The Scarlet Letter, he had lost his job. He was actually surprised when his wife was comforting and actually told him to pursue his writing career. Since he had lost his job it gave him more time to write. It actually turns out that one of the main characters, Pearl, is based on his daughter.
Losing his job actually helped him in the end because the next 3 and a half years he published 3 of his four romances.
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