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George Parsons Lathrop
1851–1898
A poet, novelist, and editor from the late 19th century, he moved easily through the literary world of Boston and New York while also helping push for stronger copyright protection in the United States. His life linked him closely to Nathaniel Hawthorne's family, but his own career ranged from fiction and criticism to journalism and public advocacy.
6 Audiobooks
A Study of Hawthorne
by George Parsons Lathrop
True, and Other Stories
by George Parsons Lathrop
The Complete Works of Nathaniel Hawthorne, Appendix to Volume XII: Tales, Sketches, and other Papers by Nathaniel Hawthorne with a Biographical Sketch by George Parsons Lathrop Biographical Sketch of Nathaniel Hawthorne
by George Parsons Lathrop
Dreams and Days: Poems
by George Parsons Lathrop
Rose and Roof-Tree — Poems
by George Parsons Lathrop
Spanish Vistas
by George Parsons Lathrop
About the author
Born near Honolulu on August 25, 1851, George Parsons Lathrop was educated in New York and in Dresden, Germany before choosing a literary career. In 1871 he married Rose Hawthorne, daughter of Nathaniel Hawthorne, a connection that later shaped some of his best-known critical work.
Lathrop worked as a poet, novelist, and newspaper editor, and for a time served as an associate editor of The Atlantic Monthly. He wrote fiction, travel writing, criticism, and verse, including A Study of Hawthorne, and he also edited editions of Hawthorne's writings. His career placed him in the middle of American literary life during a period when magazines and newspapers had enormous cultural influence.
He is also remembered for supporting the cause of international copyright, an issue that mattered deeply to writers in his era. Lathrop died in New York on April 19, 1898, leaving behind a body of work that reflects both literary ambition and a strong interest in the rights and public standing of authors.