The House of the Seven Gables by Nathaniel Hawthorne

"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
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EBook-No. 77
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Most Recently Updated Jul 1, 2025
Copyright Status Public domain in the USA.
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