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The House of the Seven Gables

By Nathaniel Hawthorne
Introduction by Mary Oliver

By Nathaniel Hawthorne
Introduction by Mary Oliver

By Nathaniel Hawthorne

By Nathaniel Hawthorne

By Nathaniel Hawthorne

By Nathaniel Hawthorne

Part of Modern Library Classics

Paperback $11.00

Jan 09, 2001 | 336 Pages

Mass Market Paperback $5.95

Mar 01, 1981 | 288 Pages

Ebook $1.99

Mar 27, 2007 | 288 Pages

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    About The House of the Seven Gables

    First published in 1851, The House of the Seven Gables is one of Hawthorne’s defining works, a vivid depiction of American life and values replete with brilliantly etched characters. The tale of a cursed house with a "mysterious and terrible past" and the generations linked to it, Hawthorne’s chronicle of the Maule and Pyncheon families over two centuries reveals, in Mary Oliver’s words, "lives caught in the common fire of history."

    This Modern Library Paperback Classics edition uses the definitive text as prepared for The Centenary Edition of the Works of Nathaniel Hawthorne; this is the Approved Edition of the Center for Scholarly Editions (Modern Language Association). It includes newly commissioned notes on the text.

    About The House of the Seven Gables

    In a sleepy little New England village stands a dark, weather-beaten, many-gabled house. This brooding mansion is haunted by a centuries-old curse that casts the shadow of ancestral sin upon the last four members of the distinctive Pyncheon family. Mysterious deaths threaten the living. Musty documents nestle behind hidden panels carrying the secret of the family’s salvation—or its downfall.

    Hawthorne called The House of the Seven Gables “a Romance,” and freely bestowed upon it many fascinating gothic touches. A brilliant intertwining of the popular, the symbolic, and the historical, the novel is a powerful exploration of personal and national guilt, a work that Henry James declared “the closest approach we are likely to have to the Great American Novel.”

    About The House of the Seven Gables

    In a sleepy little New England village stands a dark, weather-beaten, many-gabled house. This brooding mansion is haunted by a centuries-old curse that casts the shadow of ancestral sin upon the last four members of the distinctive Pyncheon family. Mysterious deaths threaten the living. Musty documents nestle behind hidden panels carrying the secret of the family’s salvation—or its downfall.

    Hawthorne called The House of the Seven Gables “a Romance,” and freely bestowed upon it many fascinating gothic touches. A brilliant intertwining of the popular, the symbolic, and the historical, the novel is a powerful exploration of personal and national guilt, a work that Henry James declared “the closest approach we are likely to have to the Great American Novel.”

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    About Nathaniel Hawthorne

    Nathaniel Hawthorne (1805–64) was an American novelist and short story writer. He was born in Salem, Massachusetts, and graduated from Bowdoin College. His first novel, Fanshawe, was published anonymously in 1828, followed by several collections of short stories, including Twice-Told Tales and Mosses from an… More about Nathaniel Hawthorne

    About Nathaniel Hawthorne

    Nathaniel Hawthorne (1805–64) was an American novelist and short story writer. He was born in Salem, Massachusetts, and graduated from Bowdoin College. His first novel, Fanshawe, was published anonymously in 1828, followed by several collections of short stories, including Twice-Told Tales and Mosses from an… More about Nathaniel Hawthorne

    About Nathaniel Hawthorne

    Nathaniel Hawthorne (1805–64) was an American novelist and short story writer. He was born in Salem, Massachusetts, and graduated from Bowdoin College. His first novel, Fanshawe, was published anonymously in 1828, followed by several collections of short stories, including Twice-Told Tales and Mosses from an… More about Nathaniel Hawthorne

    Product Details

    Category: Fiction Classics | Historical Fiction | Suspense & Thriller

    Paperback | $11.00
    Published by Modern Library
    Jan 09, 2001 | 336 Pages | 5-3/16 x 8 | ISBN 9780375756870

    Category: Fiction Classics | Historical Fiction | Suspense & Thriller

    Mass Market Paperback | $5.95
    Published by Bantam Classics
    Mar 01, 1981 | 288 Pages | 4-3/16 x 6-7/8 | ISBN 9780553212709

    Category: Fiction Classics | Historical Fiction | Suspense & Thriller

    Ebook | $1.99
    Published by Bantam Classics
    Mar 27, 2007 | 288 Pages | ISBN 9780553903553

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