The house of the seven gables
(Book)
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Series:
Published:
Pleasantville, N.Y. : Reader's Digest Association, [1985].
Format:
Book
Physical Desc:
287 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm.
Lexile measure:
1320L
Status:
Description
A gloomy New England mansion provides the setting for this classic exploration of ancestral guilt and its expiation through the love and goodwill of succeeding generations. Nathaniel Hawthorne drew inspiration for this story of an immorally obtained property from the role his forebears played in the 17th-century Salem witch trials. Built over an unquiet grave, the House of the Seven Gables carries a dying man's curse that blights the lives of its residents for over two centuries. Now Judge Jaffrey Pyncheon, an iron-hearted hypocrite and intellectual heir to the mansion's unscrupulous founder
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New London Adult Fiction
FIC HAWTHORNE
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North Haven Adult Fiction
Fiction Hawthorne
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Westbrook Adult Fiction
F HAW
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Language:
English
ISBN:
0895772191
Accelerated Reader:
UG
Level 11, 22 Points
Level 11, 22 Points
Lexile measure:
1320
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APA Citation (style guide)
Hawthorne, N. (1985). The house of the seven gables. Reader's Digest Association.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation (style guide)Hawthorne, Nathaniel, 1804-1864. 1985. The House of the Seven Gables. Reader's Digest Association.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities Citation (style guide)Hawthorne, Nathaniel, 1804-1864, The House of the Seven Gables. Reader's Digest Association, 1985.
MLA Citation (style guide)Hawthorne, Nathaniel. The House of the Seven Gables. Reader's Digest Association, 1985.
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