The house of the seven gables
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Published:
New York : Dodd, Mead, 1950.
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Book
Physical Desc:
xv, 335 pages : ill. ; 22 cm.
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
Accelerated Reader:
UG
Level 11, 22 Points
Lexile measure:
1320
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APA Citation (style guide)

Hawthorne, N., & Davenport, B. (1950). The house of the seven gables. New York, Dodd, Mead.

Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation (style guide)

Hawthorne, Nathaniel, 1804-1864 and Basil Davenport. 1950. The House of the Seven Gables. New York, Dodd, Mead.

Chicago / Turabian - Humanities Citation (style guide)

Hawthorne, Nathaniel, 1804-1864 and Basil Davenport, The House of the Seven Gables. New York, Dodd, Mead, 1950.

MLA Citation (style guide)

Hawthorne, Nathaniel and Basil Davenport. The House of the Seven Gables. New York, Dodd, Mead, 1950.

Note! Citation formats are based on standards as of July 2022. Citations contain only title, author, edition, publisher, and year published. Citations should be used as a guideline and should be double checked for accuracy.
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