His style is long-winded and full of unnecessary explanations. His poor use of metaphors leads to misunderstandings, taking away literary meaning. Striking examples of vain attempts at elegance appear throughout Hawthorne's works. Because of his narrow subject base and his attention paid to negligible topics, Hathorne is no longer relevant to contemporary readers. Among classical authors, Nathaniel Hawthorne's works are the poorest in quality due to the nature of his overzealous composure, his disinterested writing style, and his contemporaneity.