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HAWTHORNE'S NOVEL ENVIRONS IN SALEM SPOTLIGHT THIS YEAR

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From: The Boston Globe
Date: 20050116
Author:Betty Lowry, Globe Correspondent

SALEM "You're sure Nathaniel Hawthorne didn't write `The Scarlet Letter' on a beach in the Bahamas?" my adult daughter Robin asks.

Pretend this is reality TV, I say. He wrote his classic novel in the winter of 1849-50, specifically on the third floor of 14 Mall St. in Salem when, thanks to a Democratic defeat in Washington, he was out of a job.

All but one of the witch-oriented sites here are closed, but the places connected to the Golden Age of American literature the places we have come to see are open. Winter is a good time to come here: little traffic, easy parking, off-season hotel ...

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