House of the Seven Gables - Nathaniel Hawthorne - Books - Classic Books Library - 9781434119469 - July 1, 2008
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House of the Seven Gables

Nathaniel Hawthorne

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The wealthy Colonel Pyncheon covets the carpenter Mathew Maule's land. A few years later, during the witch hysteria in Salem, Maule is brought before a judge on witchcraft charges and is sentenced to death. Before his execution, Maule curses the Pyncheon family. The Colonel, undaunted, continues to build an extravagant house on Maule's property. After the house is finished, however, the Colonel is found dead, and the property deed is missing. More than 200 years later, we meet the family in its decaying, gabled mansion, still haunted by the presence of dead ancestors: Hepzibah, an elderly gentlewoman fallen on hard times; her ineffectual brother, Clifford; and young Phoebe, a country maiden who cheerfully takes it upon herself to care for her two doddering relations. There's also Holgrave, a free-spirited daguerreotypist, who makes a surprising transformation into conventional respectability. Hawthorne's masterful tales describe the brooding hold of the past over the present, twisting and turning through many generations of a venerable New England family. A true classic of American literature. Newly designed and typeset in a modern 6-by-9-inch format by Waking Lion Press.

Media Books     Hardcover Book   (Book with hard spine and cover)
Released July 1, 2008
ISBN13 9781434119469
Publishers Classic Books Library
Pages 318
Dimensions 152 × 229 × 22 mm   ·   635 g
Language English  

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