num_pages: 484
description: Nathaniel Hawthorne's gripping psychological drama concerns the Pyncheon family, a dynasty founded on pious theft, who live for generations under a dead man's curse until their house is finally exorcised by love.
language: English
title: The House Of Seven Gables
titlecomplete: The House Of Seven Gables
characters: Judge Jaffrey Pyncheon, Venner Pyncheon, Matthew Maule, the younger, Gervayse Pyncheon, Hepzibah Pyncheon, Ned Higgins, Phoebe Pyncheon, Colonel Pyncheon, Clifford Pyncheon, Alice Pyncheon, Matthew Maule, Scipio (Pyncheon slave), Thomas Maule, Holgrave the daguerrotypist
genres: Fiction, American, Gothic, Classic Literature, Horror, Literature, Classics, Novels, 19th Century, Historical Fiction
ratings_count: 38877
places: Salem, Massachusetts, Massachusetts, New England
publisher: Norton & Company