1·Seek out the tomes of Dickens, Austen, and Hawthorne. Deliberately find books that are hard to read such as William Faulkner's the Sound and the Fury and James Joyce's Ulysses.
翻出那些狄更斯、奥斯汀和霍桑的大部头书吧，还要有意地找一些难懂的书来读，例如威廉姆·福克纳的《喧哗与骚动》和詹姆斯·乔伊斯的《尤利西斯》。
2·He then went to work for Western Electric in the inspection department at its famous Hawthorne factory, just outside Chicago.
不久后，他到芝加哥城外、美国西部电器公司有名的霍桑工厂的检验部门工作。
3·Any very strong interest or emotion, for hawthorne, is next door to mania.
浓厚的兴趣或强烈的感情，对霍桑来说，都几近疯狂。
4·Throughout, Hawthorne explores the issues of grace, legalism, and guilt.
通过这部小说，霍桑探索了关于尊严、守法主义和罪恶等一系列问题。
5·Perhaps hawthorne would have benefited as a writer if he had accepted an offer once made to him to join in a voyage to the south seas.
要是霍桑当年接受邀请，前往南太平洋作一次航海旅行，在写作上说不定会对他大有裨益。