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1. Why does Hawthorne use the phrase "But, one idle rainy day . . . "? What types of novels and stor

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1. Why does Hawthorne use the phrase "But, one idle rainy day . . . "? What types of novels and stor

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  1. pabitraghadai
    hi there,

    I believe the style is called "Purple Prose."


    I'm not sure which Hawthorne piece you mean, but the "original" phrase "It was a dark and stormy night" is attributed to Baron Edward Bulwer-Lytton who used it as the opening phrase in his novel entitled "Paul Clifford".

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  2. pabitraghadai
    hi there,

    I believe the style is called "Purple Prose."


    I'm not sure which Hawthorne piece you mean, but the "original" phrase "It was a dark and stormy night" is attributed to Baron Edward Bulwer-Lytton who used it as the opening phrase in his novel entitled "Paul Clifford".

    bye
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