The House of the Seven Gables

Recommended by Mark Peterson, and 1 others. See all reviews

Ranked #52 in Gothic

The sins of one generation are visited upon another in a haunted New England mansion until the arrival of a young woman from the country breathes new air into mouldering lives and rooms. Written shortly after The Scarlet Letter, The House of the Seven Gables re-addresses the theme of human guilt in a style remarkable in both its descriptive virtuosity and its truly modern mix of fantasy and realism. less

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Mark Peterson The House of the Seven Gables is a deeply psychological novel set during the 1840s in Salem. Like much of Hawthorne’s work, it’s a meditation on the way in which the past and the present intertwine in New England, and I believe it’s Hawthorne at his best. (Source)


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