The House of the Seven Gables
- First published
- 1851
- Reading level
- Plain English
- Price
- Free
About the book
"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.
- Historical fiction
- Domestic fiction
- Paranormal fiction
- Haunted houses
- Salem (Mass.)
Updated September 2026. Public domain in the USA. Text and summary from Project Gutenberg eBook #77. The House of the Seven Gables on Wikipedia.
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