Hawthornean

== English == === Alternative forms === Hawthornian === Etymology === From Hawthorne +‎ -an. === Adjective === Hawthornean (comparative more Hawthornean, superlative most Hawthornean) Of or pertaining to Nathaniel Hawthorne (1804-1864), American writer of dark Romantic novels and short stories. 1996, Rosemary Mahoney, “Without a Trace,” review of The Missing by Andrew O’Hagan, New York Times, 10 November, 1996,[2] This unsettling book […] is suffused with the Hawthornean notion that at the edge of every village lies a dark forest, waiting to ensnare the unsuspecting.