The House of the Seven GablesNathaniel Hawthorne
The House of the Seven Gables
by OpenStories
Original author: Nathaniel Hawthorne
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"The House of the Seven Gables" by Nathaniel Hawthorne is a Gothic novel written beginning in mid-1850 and published in April 1851. The story follows a New England family haunted by an ancient curse tied to their ancestral home, built on land wrongfully seized during the Salem Witch Trials. Exploring themes of guilt, retribution, and atonement, the novel weaves together past and present as impoverished Hepzibah Pyncheon, her brother Clifford, and their young cousin Phoebe confront family secrets and the mysterious death of Judge Jaffrey Pyncheon.
The House of the Seven Gables, by Nathaniel Hawthorne. Republished by OpenStories from Project Gutenberg eBook #77.
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23 Chapters
- 1.Chapter I: The Old Pyncheon Family1,732 words
- 2.Preface887 words
- 3.Chapter I: The Old Pyncheon Family8,458 words
- 4.Chapter II: The Little Shop-Window3,996 words
- 5.Chapter III: The First Customer4,559 words
- 6.Chapter IV: A Day Behind the Counter4,678 words
- 7.Chapter V: May and November5,054 words
- 8.Chapter VI: Maule’s Well3,581 words
- 9.Chapter VII: The Guest5,413 words
- 10.Chapter VIII: The Pyncheon of To-day5,600 words
- 11.Chapter IX: Clifford and Phœbe3,999 words
- 12.Chapter X: The Pyncheon Garden4,432 words
- 13.Chapter XI: The Arched Window4,523 words
- 14.Chapter XII: The Daguerreotypist4,596 words
- 15.Chapter XIII: Alice Pyncheon7,587 words
- 16.Chapter XIV: Phœbe’s Good-Bye3,720 words
- 17.Chapter XV: The Scowl and Smile5,345 words
- 18.Chapter XVI: Clifford’s Chamber4,091 words
- 19.Chapter XVII: The Flight of Two Owls4,684 words
- 20.Chapter XVIII: Governor Pyncheon5,414 words
- 21.Chapter XIX: Alice’s Posies5,221 words
- 22.Chapter XX: The Flower of Eden2,806 words
- 23.Chapter XXI: The Departure3,461 words