The Nathaniel Hawthorne Society is pleased to present Patricia Dunlavy Valenti speaking on “The Lives of Sophia Peabody Hawthorne” for its next virtual lecture, which will be held on Friday, September 25, 2026 at 3 pm EDT over Zoom: https://nicholls-edu.zoom.us/j/82377644074?pwd=a1S20pT5YHE4nHukFSurRtYcFfk2Fn.1
Pat Valenti is Professor Emerita in the Department of English and Theatre at the University of North Carolina at Pembroke and author of Sophia Peabody Hawthorne: A Life, Vols. I and II. This lecture will explore the contributions of this important two volume biography of Sophia Hawthorne which has just been published in new paperback editions with Louisiana State University Press. A discount code (LSU40OFF) can be used to purchase these volumes from the press:
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The Nathaniel Hawthorne Review is doing a special issue on Hawthorne and Poe. Queries can be sent to Monika Elbert.
