I was like halfway through this book before I bothered to look up what a gable is. I imagined it as something cool, like a parapet or a widow's walk. Nah, it's not; it's just this. It's just a thing houses have. So goes the novel.Hey: Hawthorne is no Puritan conservative. He's a radical. Hawthorne i...
Set in the mid-nineteenth century, The House of The Seven Gables tells the story of the Pyncheon family. Descended from a Puritan ancestor who was involved in the witch trials of the seventeenth century, the remaining members of the family now live under a curse and the plot of this novel is concern...
This is the first book I ever read in highschool that I did not finish. I have been eyeing this book for awhile and decided to give it another shot, but this time in audio. Recently I've been enjoying relistening to the classics. The Count of Monte Cristo made by Best of 2009 list. This book, is not...
This book began a little slow and the romance seemed unlikely and unrealistic. However, Hawthorne was wonderful in many of his descriptions of the characters, the house and the train ride. My favorite chapter was about "Governor" Pyncheon and all the plans he had made for his future. These plans ...
The House of the Seven Gables begins with a preface by the author that identifies the work as a romance, not a novel. That may be the author's preference, but I think most romance fans will be disappointed if they read this book. The book is a classic by a famous American author, so it deserves to...
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