Nathaniel Hawthorne’s notebooks reveal the strange workings of his imagination

October 26, 2026 · 12:15 pm 1 sources

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• Nathaniel Hawthorne’s notebooks reveal the strange workings of his imagination
  This article is republished from The Conversation under a Creative Commons license. Read the original article. · October 26, 2026 12:15
  In his private notebooks, Hawthorne didn’t have to worry about being called unconventional, depressive or mad. The result is a glimpse of his macabre mind at work.