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The House of the Seven Gables

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The House of the Seven Gables

By: Nathaniel Hawthorne
Narrated by: Donna Barkman
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As a milestone of American literature, Hawthorne's second novel stands as sturdily today as when the title mansion was first constructed. This is a finely crafted blend of Gothic horror, mystery, and good old-fashioned ghost story.

An old mansion in Salem, moss-covered and gabled, broods over the destiny of a distinguished but troubled New England Family, the Pynchons. A haunting, centuries-old curse, a forceful probing of national and personal guilt, a romance between the young heroine and an attractive stranger all intertwine in this classic work by one of America's greatest novelists.

Public Domain (P)1983 Jimcin Recordings
Classics Genre Fiction Gothic Horror Literary Fiction Literary History & Criticism United States World Literature Scary Fiction

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"[A] great romance, concerned with the decadence of Puritanism." (The Concise Oxford Companion to American Literature)

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