The House of the Seven Gables

By: Nathaniel Hawthorne

Published August 8th 2005 by W. W. Norton & Company (first published March 1851)

Category: Arts

Pages: 225 pages

ISBN: 9780393924763

Description:
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.