The house of the seven gables
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Published:
Signet/NAL, 1990.
Format:
Book
Physical Desc:
288 pages
Lexile measure:
1320L
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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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Language:
English
ISBN:
0451524365 (pbk.)
Accelerated Reader:
UG
Level 11, 22 Points
Lexile measure:
1320
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APA Citation (style guide)

Hawthorne, N. (1990). The house of the seven gables. Signet/NAL.

Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation (style guide)

Hawthorne, Nathaniel, 1804-1864. 1990. The House of the Seven Gables. Signet/NAL.

Chicago / Turabian - Humanities Citation (style guide)

Hawthorne, Nathaniel, 1804-1864, The House of the Seven Gables. Signet/NAL, 1990.

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Hawthorne, Nathaniel. The House of the Seven Gables. Signet/NAL, 1990.

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