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The House of the Seven Gables by Nathaniel Hawthorne

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Summary

Reflects the social and moral values of New England in the 1840s. This novel presents a psychological drama, which concerns the Pyncheon family, a dynasty founded on pious theft, who live for generations under a dead man's curse until their house is finally exorcised by love.

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The House of the Seven Gables by Nathaniel Hawthorne

An abridged version of the misfortunes that plague a prominent New England family because of greed and a two-hundred-old curse.

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"A large and generous production, pervaded with that vague hum, that indefinable echo, of the whole multitudinous life of man, which is the real sign of a great work of fiction"
—Henry James
Nathaniel Hawthorne (1804-1864) was born in Salem, Massachusetts, where he wrote the bulk of his masterful tales of American colonial history. His career as a novelist began with The Scarlet Letter (1850) and also includes The house of the Seven Gables, The Blithedale Romance, and The Marble Faun.
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ISBN 13 9780140390056
ISBN 10 0140390057
Title The House of the Seven Gables
Author Nathaniel Hawthorne
Condition Unavailable
Binding Type Paperback
Publisher Penguin Books Ltd
Year published 1982-01-28
Number of pages 368
Cover note Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.

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