1. The physical setting of the novel. Many of the locations are real, such as the First Church and the route of Eva’s funeral procession through the beautiful McIntire Historic District and Chestnut St. to the Broad St. Cemetery, Salem Common, the Hotel Hawthorne, the House of Seven Gables, the Peabody-Essex Museum, and the Roger Conant Statue. Other sites are fictional, such as Eva’s house, the boat house, and Yellow Dog island. This tour will help you visualize all of these sites and see how they are weaved into the story.

2. Salem’s witchcraft legacy and the necessary backdrop it provides for the development of the plot. This theme is not dependent on any particular location, but will be seen in guided social observation of Salem, its inhabitants and visitors.

This tour takes approximately an hour, and costs $55 for one or two persons. By request, arrangements can be made for the tour to begin and end at the front door of the Hawthorne Hotel.