num_pages: 225
description: The sins of one generation are visited upon another in a haunted New England mansion until the arrival of a young woman from the country breathes new air into mouldering lives and rooms. Written shortly after The Scarlet Letter, The House of the Seven Gables re-addresses the theme of human guilt in a style remarkable in both its descriptive virtuosity and its truly modern mix of fantasy and realism.
language: English
title: The House of the Seven Gables
titlecomplete: The House of the Seven Gables
characters: Hepzibah Pyncheon, Ned Higgins, Colonel Pyncheon, Matthew Maule, the younger, Thomas Maule, Scipio (Pyncheon slave), Holgrave the daguerrotypist, Gervayse Pyncheon, Phoebe Pyncheon, Matthew Maule, Clifford Pyncheon, Venner Pyncheon, Alice Pyncheon, Judge Jaffrey Pyncheon
genres: American, Historical Fiction, Novels, Gothic, Literature, Horror, Classic Literature, Classics, Fiction, 19th Century
ratings_count: 38848
places: New England, Massachusetts, Salem, Massachusetts
publisher: W. W. Norton & Company