num_pages: 256
description: The decay of the nce florious mansion is brought about by a dying man's curse on the deceitful Pyncheon family which had swindled him out of his property. The realization of the curse over succeeding generations acts as a metaphor fro the inescapability from tainted for an individual, for a a society, for a nation. Hawthorne reaches back to the dubious practices of our own country in its nascent period to provide the dark and fascinating force behind this compelling story.
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