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The sign for The Jolly Sailors pub in Whitby, England.

The sign for the Plough Inn in Whitby, England.

A collage of features of traditional British pub interiors. Taken from The Ship, Marske-by-the-Sea; Dog & Bear, Lenham; The Ship, Saltburn-by-the-Sea; The Royal Oak, Great Ayton; The Victoria, Saltburn-by-the-Sea.

Okanagan Lake, Okanagan Valley, British Columbia, Canada. Okanagan Lake is said to be inhabited by the water serpent Ogopogo. Bodies of water are often associated with elemental water spirits or monsters in Native American lore, as in the...

A collection of eight traditional English pub signs. Top row (L to R): Mermaid Inn, Guisborough; The Hare & Hounds, Hawsker; Hop & Grape, Redcar; The Ship, Marske-by-the-Sea. Bottom row (L to R): The Victoria, Saltburn-by-the-Sea; The Plimsoll...

A collection of eight British pub signs. Top row (L to R): Dog & Bear, Lenham; Clarendon, Marske-by-the-Sea; The Loxley, Robin Hood's Bay; The Black Swan, Whitby. Bottom row (L to R): Swan & Three Cygents, Durham; Crown & Anchor, Redcar...

The Scarlet Letter, oil on canvas by Hugues Merle, 1861. The Walters Art Museum, Baltimore.

Statue of Nathaniel Hawthorne (1804-1864) by sculptor Bela Pratt (1867-1917), in Salem, Massachusetts, USA. Photograph by Daderot, 2007.

Sophia Peabody, wife of Nathaniel Hawthorne, oil on canvas portrait by Chester Harding, 1830. Peabody Essex Museum.

Nathaniel Hawthorne (1804-1864), oil on canvas portrait by Charles Osgood, 1840. Peabody Essex Museum.