The house of the seven gables
(Book)
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Published:
New York : Dodd, Mead, 1950.
Format:
Book
Physical Desc:
xv, 335 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm.
Lexile measure:
1320L
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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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Language:
English
Accelerated Reader:
UG
Level 11, 22 Points
Level 11, 22 Points
Lexile measure:
1320
Citations
APA Citation (style guide)
Hawthorne, N., & Davenport, B. (1950). The house of the seven gables. Dodd, Mead.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation (style guide)Hawthorne, Nathaniel, 1804-1864 and Basil Davenport. 1950. The House of the Seven Gables. Dodd, Mead.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities Citation (style guide)Hawthorne, Nathaniel, 1804-1864 and Basil Davenport, The House of the Seven Gables. Dodd, Mead, 1950.
MLA Citation (style guide)Hawthorne, Nathaniel, and Basil Davenport. The House of the Seven Gables. Dodd, Mead, 1950.
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