In the nineteenth century, England was able to use its already powerful merchant navy to sell the huge amounts of manufactured products made by the factories built as a result of the Industrial Revolution and the invention of steam-powered machines that enabled workers to work faster and yield a greater production than ever before. The economic power obtained through trade made it possible for England to conquer more countries where it could sell its products with no competition.
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<span>Nathaniel Hawthorne is often considered a Gothic writer.
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Gothic writing initially began in England; American Gothic literature began in the 19th century, with short stories by Nathaniel Hawthorne and Edgar Allan Poe.
> Nathaniel Hawthorne also writes with a sense of mystery, and his characters are very flawed. </span>
