description: This Elibron Classics book is a facsimile reprint of a 1913 edition by Houghton Mifflin Company, Boston and New York. This tale draws on Hawthorne's own family history for inspiration. The author's great-grandfather served as a judge in the Salem witchcraft trials, and his actions there allegedly brought a curse upon the Hawthorne family. The House of Seven Gables centers around a curse as well; here, Wizard Maule curses the Pyncheon family's ancestral home after the first Colonel Pyncheon viciously cheated Maule of his wealth. Cruel Judge Jeffrey Pyncheon (the Colonel's mid-19th c. descendant) is no better than his ancestor, and torments his cousins Hepzibah and Clifford, who live in the House of Seven Gables, to get hold of a missing deed to disputed land. Only the curse, and the young daguerrotypist Holgrave, can thwart the Judge's plans.
language: English
title: The House of the Seven Gables
titlecomplete: The House of the Seven Gables
characters: Venner Pyncheon, Colonel Pyncheon, Alice Pyncheon, Clifford Pyncheon, Judge Jaffrey Pyncheon, Matthew Maule, Scipio (Pyncheon slave), Ned Higgins, Thomas Maule, Phoebe Pyncheon, Gervayse Pyncheon, Holgrave the daguerrotypist, Matthew Maule, the younger, Hepzibah Pyncheon
genres: Classics, American, Gothic, Novels, Classic Literature, Historical Fiction, Literature, 19th Century, Fiction, Horror
ratings_count: 38859
places: Massachusetts, New England, Salem, Massachusetts
publisher: Adamant Media Corporation