A New England Love
Story: Nathaniel Hawthorne And Sophia Peabody, by LouAnn Gaeddert, contains
a few Shakespeare references. About Nathaniel Hawthorne in his childhood, Gaeddert
writes: “Of course he could not understand all of what he read, but he
discovered stories and sentences that appealed to him. Shakespeare’s
Richard III contained one line that he
entoned dramatically to himself and to anyone within earshot: ‘My Lord, stand
back and let the coffin pass’” (p. 15). About Nathaniel’s sister, Gaeddert
writes, “Ebe had shown great promise as a child; she could read Shakespeare at
the age of six” (p. 23). The final Shakespeare reference is simply to the title
of
Measure For Measure: “Later he
recorded an idea for a story she had given him and then this item: ‘There is no
Measure for Measure in my affections. If the Earth fails me in love, I can die and
go to GOD.’ – S.A.P.’” (p. 75).
A New England Love
Story: Nathaniel Hawthorne And Sophia Peabody was published in 1980 by The
Dial Press.
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