This lecture includes a comparison of the opposing personalities of Elizabeth Manning Hawthorne and her 6-year-younger sister, Maria Louisa, with excerpts from personal letters to illustrate their individual qualities.
Salem Literary Festival 2024: A Celebration of Books and Authors
Mark your calendars, book lovers! The Salem Literary Festival is back for its 15th year, promising five days of literary delights from September 4-8, 2024. This beloved event, presented by the Salem Athenaeum in partnership with Salem Public Library, brings together over 60 local, national, and international authors for a feast of readings, discussions, and workshops. Festival Schedule Wednesday, September …
Celebrating Art and History: Sophia Peabody’s “Flight Into Egypt” Gets a New Life at The House of the Seven Gables
It’s a festive time at The House of the Seven Gables in Salem as it gears up to celebrate the holiday season in a truly artistic manner. The season’s highlight is the unveiling of a beautifully conserved masterpiece, “Flight Into Egypt,” by the talented Sophia Peabody, painted a few years before her marriage to the renowned Nathaniel Hawthorne. The big …
These Stories Will Get You in the Mood for Halloween
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Walk with Hawthorne at the House of the Seven Gables
from The House of the Seven Gables And you thought you knew Nathaniel Hawthorne. Fans of the 19th century bestselling author and his gothic works are in for an earful of surprises when they download “Hawthorne’s Shadow: An Intimate Tour of Salem” — one of two immersive guided walking tours of Salem and its neighborhoods produced by Intramersive, of Salem, on …
History Alive, Inc. proudly presents: The Scarlet Letter
Adapted by Dr. Peter Stine, Mark Stevick and Kristina Wacome StevickDirected by Kristina Wacome StevickBased on the novel by Nathaniel Hawthorne This November, History Alive, Inc. brings new life to Nathaniel Hawthorne’s greatest classic– The Scarlet Letter. In a site-specific adaptation for Salem’s Pioneer Village, the author himself guides the audience about the grounds of this 17th-century village, where an …
Welcome Home, Beverly – Free guided tour of The Gables for Beverly residents on Feb. 24
SALEM — The House of the Seven Gables is pleased to invite residents from Beverly to a free guided tour of the celebrated mansion made famous by Salem author Nathaniel Hawthorne and his novel, “The House of the Seven Gables.” Beverly’s Community Day is set for Sunday, February 24. The House of the Seven Gables is one of six historic …
Hawthorne Memorialized
by Alyssa Conary, Originally Published on Historic Salem, Inc. “Old and young, we dream of graves and monuments“ – from “The Ambitious Guest” Historic Salem, Inc. is excited to celebrate Nathaniel Hawthorne in recognition of the 350th anniversary of The House of the Seven Gables on this year’s Christmas in Salem house tour, A Very Hawthorne Holiday. While tour-goers are rounding the outer …
Sophia Peabody Hawthorne Nathaniel Hawthorne’s celebrated muse
Patricia Dunlavy Valenti will chat with guests and sign her books,Sophia Peabody Hawthorne, A Life, volumes I and II, following the lecture.
