<영어로 읽는 고전 _ 나다니엘 호손의 조상의 발자취>
"조상의 발자취"는 Nathaniel Hawthorne의 작품으로 조상, 유산, 시간의 흐름을 주제로 탐구하는 단편 소설이다.
"The Ancestral Footstep"에서 Hawthorne은 화자가 황폐한 조상의 집을 방문한 것을 묘사하고 있다. 화자는 옛 저택을 탐험하면서 가족의 역사와 사라져가는 과거 세대의 기억을 되돌아본다. 집 자체는 시간의 흐름과 모든 것의 피할 수 없는 쇠퇴를 상징하고 있다.
"조상의 발자취"에 나오는 호손의 산문은 그의 트레이드마크인 성찰, 상징주의, 풍부한 묘사가 혼합된 것이 특징이다. 미완성 성격에도 불구하고 이 단편은 독자들에게 인간 정체성의 복잡성과 과거의 유산에 대한 호손의 매력을 엿볼 수 있게 해준다.


" The Ancestral Footstep " is a work by Nathaniel Hawthorne and is a short story that explores themes of ancestors, heritage, and the passage of time.
In "The Ancestral Footstep," Hawthorne describes the speaker's visit to his dilapidated ancestral home. As the narrator explores the old mansion, he reflects on his family's history and the fading memories of past generations. The house itself symbolizes the passage of time and the inevitable decline of all things.
Hawthorne's prose in "In the Footsteps of Our Fathers" is characterized by his trademark blend of reflection, symbolism, and rich description. Despite its unfinished nature, this fragment gives readers a glimpse into Hawthorne's fascination with the complexities of human identity and the legacies of the past.

Summary
April 1, 1858. Thursday.?He had now been travelling long in those rich portions of England where he would most have wished to find the object of his pursuit; and many had been the scenes which he would willingly have identified with that mentioned in the ancient, time-yellowed record which he bore about with him. It is to be observed that, undertaken at first half as the amusement, the unreal object, of a grown man's play-day, it had become more and more real to him with every step of the way that he followed it up; along those green English lanes it seemed as if everything would bring him close to the mansion that he sought; every morning he went on with renewed hopes, nor did the evening,

Contents
I. April 1, 1858. Thursday.?He had now been travelling long
II. May 5th, Wednesday.?The father of these two sons
III. May 12th, Wednesday.?Middleton found his abode here becoming