Nathaniel Hawthorne died in 1864, in the midst of the Civil War, a social revolution which he profoundly distrusted; he was traveling in New Hampshire for his health with his old college friend ...

When Nathaniel Hawthorne published the novel on March 16 ... Hawthorne detested this legacy and distanced himself from his ...

They added a portico, terraces, and Louisa's room, while Nathaniel Hawthorne, who owned the house from 1852 through 1869, added a three-story tower in the back and used the top floor as his ...