HAWTHORNE’S SHORT STORIES—(422 pp.)—Edited by Newton Arvin—Knopf ($3). It has been 80-odd years since Nathaniel Hawthorne died, but the mystery of his life has never been completely explained. One ...

NORTH ADAMS — In July 1838, Nathaniel Hawthorne struck out on the road, traveling west. His destination? North Adams. He arrived in North Adams — then the north village of Adams, as the communities ...

In “Bright Circle,” Randall Fuller shines a light on the women behind — and before — the male philosophers of 19th-century Massachusetts. By Francesca Wade Paul Theroux, the quintessential travel ...

HAWTHORNE HAUNTS ME. HE often comes to mind when I am wandering Boston’s streets. He seems always just around the corner. Once, Nathaniel Hawthorne was stopped in a Boston street by an old woman ...

It’s not “The House of the Seven Gables,” the namesake of Nathaniel Hawthorne’s 1851 novel. But it’s selling for seven figures. A Salem home where the 19th century literary great once lived is on the ...

The Federal-style house on the corner of Botts Court and Chestnut Street in Salem is an architectural work of art that comes with an interesting history – at one point it was the home of renowned ...

A historic home up for sale in Salem is not to be scorned — but rather embraced — unlike the protagonist of the novel that was written by the author who used to live there. The house, located at 18 ...