by Nathaniel Hawthorne · Tapa blanda · ISBN 9780938819820
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«The House of the Seven Gables» is a gothic novel by Nathaniel Hawthorne, published by Tom Doherty Associates in paperback (330 pages, in English).
The novel follows the Pyncheon family in their Salem (Massachusetts) mansion, marked by a curse: Colonel Pyncheon accused Matthew Maule of witchcraft to seize his land. Guilt and family secrets span generations in a gothic story with supernatural echoes and a critical look at Puritan society.
Complete, unabridged edition; originally published in 1851. The novel is inspired by the Salem house of a cousin of Hawthorne and the Salem witch trials of 1692.
For readers of American classics and nineteenth-century gothic literature, with an interest in themes of guilt, inheritance, and Puritan New England.
Nathaniel Hawthorne was an American novelist and short story writer. His works often focus on history, morality, and religion.
