Happiness habit of the day: ‘Happiness comes incidentally. Make it the object of pursuit, and it leads us a wild-goose chase’. American author Nathaniel Hawthorne’…

American author Nathaniel Hawthorne believed that chasing happiness directly can make it harder to find. In his 1851 work ...

Official Nathaniel Hawthorne Museum to open in Salem at the House of the Seven Gables

The House of the Seven Gables announced a $1 million fundraising campaign for the dedicated museum.
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Bowdoin’s Chakkalakal Discusses Enduring Appeal of Nathaniel Hawthorne

Nearly two centuries after Nathaniel Hawthorne’s graduation from Bowdoin College in 1825, the author’s work remains very much in the spotlight and has provided inspiration for such contemporary ...
Mental Floss

The Tragic End to Franklin Pierce's Friendship with Nathaniel Hawthorne

If there was a "Most Tragic President" contest, Abraham Lincoln would be the undisputed winner—but Franklin Pierce would also be in the running. Pierce's three sons all died young. After 11-year-old ...
Mental Floss

Why Nathaniel Hawthorne’s Daughter Might Become a Saint

Besides writing The Scarlet Letter (1850) and other famous works, Nathaniel Hawthorne is best known for studying transcendentalism and hanging out with Ralph Waldo Emerson, Henry David Thoreau, and ...
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Nathaniel Hawthorne, Party Hack

Nathaniel Hawthorne was on a remarkable run in the summer of 1852. He had previously won acclaim for his short tales, but a succession of novels that included The Scarlet Letter in 1850, The House of ...
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Nathaniel Hawthorne

Try this short quiz to see how many locations you remember from your reading. By J. D. Biersdorfer In “The Sinners All Bow,” Kate Winkler Dawson brings a podcaster’s instincts to a 19th-century murder ...