The House of the Seven Gables by Nathaniel Hawthorne
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"The House of the Seven Gables" by Nathaniel Hawthorne is a Gothic novel written beginning in mid-1850 and published in April 1851. The story follows a New England family haunted by an ancient curse tied to their ancestral home, built on land wrongfully seized during the Salem Witch Trials. Exploring themes of guilt, retribution, and atonement, the novel weaves together past and present as impoverished Hepzibah Pyncheon, her brother Clifford, and their
young cousin Phoebe confront family secrets and the mysterious death of Judge Jaffrey Pyncheon. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
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| Author | Hawthorne, Nathaniel, 1804-1864 |
|---|---|
| Title | The House of the Seven Gables |
| Note | Wikipedia page about this book: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_House_of_the_Seven_Gables |
| Credits | Judith Boss. HTML version by Al Haines. |
| Reading Level | Reading ease score: 64.8 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read. |
| Language | English |
| LoC Class | PS: Language and Literatures: American and Canadian literature |
| Subject | Historical fiction |
| Subject | Domestic fiction |
| Subject | Paranormal fiction |
| Subject | Haunted houses -- Fiction |
| Subject | Salem (Mass.) -- Fiction |
| Category | Text |
| eBook-No. | 77 |
| Release Date | Aug 1, 1993 |
| Last Update | Jul 1, 2025 |
| Copyright | Public domain in the USA. |
| Downloads | 3102 downloads in the last 30 days. |
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