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The House of the Seven Gables: A Romance is a Gothic novel written beginning in mid-1850 by American author Nathaniel Hawthorne and published in April 1851 by Ticknor and Fields of Boston. The novel follows a New England family and their ancestral home.
- Nathaniel Hawthorne
- 1851
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Nathaniel Hawthorne, Robert S. Levine (Editor) The sins of one generation are visited upon another in a haunted New England mansion until the arrival of a young woman from the country breathes new air into mouldering lives and rooms.
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A short summary of Nathaniel Hawthorne's The House of the Seven Gables. This free synopsis covers all the crucial plot points of The House of the Seven Gables.
- Nathaniel Hawthorne
- 1851
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- Nathaniel Hawthorne
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- 1851
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The House of the Seven Gables, romance by Nathaniel Hawthorne, published in 1851. The work, set in mid-19th-century Salem, Mass., is a sombre study in hereditary sin, based on the legend of a curse pronounced on Hawthorne’s own family by a woman condemned to death during the infamous Salem witch.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
The House of the Seven Gables, published in 1851, is a Gothic novel by American author Nathaniel Hawthorne that delves into the dark secrets and curses haunting the Pyncheon family in their ancestral home. The story unfolds through generations, intertwining themes of guilt, redemption, and the weight of the past.
Jan 9, 2001 · The House of the Seven Gables (Modern Library Classics) Paperback – January 9, 2001. First published in 1851, The House of the Seven Gables is one of Hawthorne's defining works, a vivid depiction of American life and values replete with brilliantly etched characters.
