The House of the Seven Gables

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.

Autori

• Nathaniel Hawthorne

Parametri

• 210 pagine
• 8 ore di lettura

• Narrativa

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Set in a gloomy New England mansion, the narrative delves into themes of ancestral guilt and redemption through love across generations. Inspired by his own family's involvement in the Salem witch trials, Nathaniel Hawthorne weaves a tale around the House of the Seven Gables, cursed by a dying man's wrath. Judge Jaffrey Pyncheon, a hypocritical figure, seeks to dispossess his elderly relatives, revealing the mansion's dark legacy and the impact of its history on the lives of its inhabitants over two centuries.

Lingua: Inglese

Pubblicato: 2020

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