num_pages: 342
description: 11th THUS EditionGreedy Colonel Pyncheon builds his mansion on ill-gotten ground, setting the stage for generations of suffering. Years later, a country cousin and young boarder attempt to reverse the tide of misfortunes surrounding the house.
language: English
title: The House of the Seven Gables
titlecomplete: The House of the Seven Gables
characters: Matthew Maule, the younger, Phoebe Pyncheon, Venner Pyncheon, Matthew Maule, Gervayse Pyncheon, Thomas Maule, Ned Higgins, Hepzibah Pyncheon, Colonel Pyncheon, Scipio (Pyncheon slave), Alice Pyncheon, Judge Jaffrey Pyncheon, Holgrave the daguerrotypist, Clifford Pyncheon
genres: Fiction, 19th Century, Classics, Gothic, Classic Literature, American, Historical Fiction, Horror, Literature, Novels
ratings_count: 38852
places: Salem, Massachusetts, Massachusetts, New England
publisher: Perennial/ Harper & Row