Project Gutenberg 1993-08-01 Public domain in the USA. 1920 Hawthorne, Nathaniel 1804 1864 The House of the Seven Gables Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_House_of_the_Seven_Gables Judith Boss. HTML version by Al Haines. "The House of the Seven Gables" by Nathaniel Hawthorne is a novel written in the mid-19th century. The story revolves around the Pyncheon family, particularly focusing on the struggles of Miss Hepzibah Pyncheon, who is faced with the challenge of reviving her family's once-grand ancestral home that has fallen into decay and obscurity. Hawthorne weaves themes of guilt, retribution, and the haunting consequences of past sins throughout the tale. At the start of the narrative, we are introduced to the old Pyncheon house, a symbol of the family's history and legacy, which stands ominously on Pyncheon Street. The opening chapters describe the weight of its past, including a family curse tied to the injustices of its founders, leading up to present-day struggles faced by its last living descendants. Miss Hepzibah, now alone in the dilapidated mansion, prepares to open a shop to earn a living, a situation that evokes both pity and humor as she grapples with her identity and societal expectations. The atmosphere is tinged with melancholy as she confronts her place in a changing world, while the specter of the family’s troubled history looms large over her fate. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 64.8 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read. en Historical fiction Domestic fiction Paranormal fiction Haunted houses -- Fiction Salem (Mass.) -- Fiction PS Text Best Books Ever Listings Category: Novels Category: Classics of Literature Category: American Literature 669043 2025-08-01T03:51:25.171764 text/html 659504 2025-07-01T10:48:02 text/html 365918 2025-08-01T03:51:33.760764 application/epub+zip 365408 2025-08-01T03:51:28.022779 application/epub+zip 353585 2025-08-01T03:51:26.853768 application/epub+zip 592058 2025-08-01T03:51:38.645741 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 565805 2025-08-01T03:51:33.060797 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 526495 2022-09-01T03:59:51.435185 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 649637 2025-08-01T03:51:24.188792 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 619444 2025-07-01T10:48:02 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 17601 2025-08-01T03:51:38.782713 application/rdf+xml 13036 2025-08-01T03:51:27.367785 image/jpeg 3191 2025-08-01T03:51:27.100757 image/jpeg 329049 2025-08-01T03:51:25.224843 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia