The House of the Seven Gables

The House of the Seven Gables: A Romance is a gothic romance novel by the late American author Nathaniel Hawthorne, first published by Ticknor and Fields in March 1851. According to Lovecraft scholars S. T. Joshi and David E. Schultz, it is a possible inspiration for "The Case of Charles Dexter Ward" An H. P. Lovecraft Encyclopedia.
==Synopsis==
The plot concerns a struggling family, the history of their home, and a malicious family member who will stop at nothing to retrieve missing land deeds. The story also makes hints to a curse laid upon the bloodline many years previously.
==External Links==
*The House of the Seven Gables at Wikipedia
==References==
Category:Nathaniel Hawthorne works
Category:Lovecraft's Inspirations (works)