description: "The House of the Seven Gables" is one of Nathaniel Hawthorne's most famous works. It is the story of the Pyncheon family and the title house, the mansion where they reside. The house, which is built upon land acquired through unscrupulous circumstances, carries with it a curse on the Pyncheon family through the many generations of the family that inherit it. A classic moral tale "The House of the Seven Gables" is the story of how the wrong doings of one generation follows through to its successive ones.
language: English
title: The House of the Seven Gables
titlecomplete: The House of the Seven Gables
characters: Phoebe Pyncheon, Scipio (Pyncheon slave), Matthew Maule, the younger, Clifford Pyncheon, Thomas Maule, Judge Jaffrey Pyncheon, Ned Higgins, Hepzibah Pyncheon, Venner Pyncheon, Holgrave the daguerrotypist, Colonel Pyncheon, Matthew Maule, Alice Pyncheon, Gervayse Pyncheon
genres: Literature, Fiction, Horror, Historical Fiction, Novels, 19th Century, Classic Literature, Gothic, American, Classics
ratings_count: 38890
places: Massachusetts, Salem, Massachusetts, New England
publisher: Digireads.Com