The House of Seven Gables
by Hawthorne, Nathaniel
- Used
- fair
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Fair
- Seller
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Oxford, Michigan, United States
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M.A. Donohue & Co.. Hardcover. B000HX8HAU There is no dust jacket present and the cover shows some wear, some soiling, and has some marks/spots/stains. The edges of the book show some soiling/spotting and the interior has a few spots and some light soiling. There is some scribbling in pencil on a few of the blank pages and the binding is loosened but still intact. Overall, this is still complete and very readable copy of the title. Ships, well packaged and very quickly, from MI. The condition selected for the item is accurate and consistent with our other listings of the same general condition. If you have any questions or you would like additional details about the item or pictures, please do not hesitate to contact us. We will get back to you as quickly as possible. Please buy with confidence from us, as we have several thousand satisfied customers and your satisfaction is the goal we strive to achieve with every transaction. . Fair.
Synopsis
First published in 1851, The House of the Seven Gables is one of Hawthorne's defining works, a vivid depiction of American life and values, replete with brilliantly etched characters. The tale of a cursed house with a "mysterious and terrible past" and the generations linked to it, Hawthorne's chronicle of the Maule and Pyncheon families over two centuries reveals, in Mary Oliver's words, "lives caught in the common fire of history." In a sleepy little New England village stands a dark, weather-beaten, many-gabled house. This brooding mansion is haunted by a centuries-old curse that casts the shadow of ancestral sin upon the last four members of the distinctive Pyncheon family. Mysterious deaths threaten the living. Musty documents nestle behind hidden panels carrying the secret of the family's salvation--or its downfall. Hawthorne called The House of the Seven Gables "a Romance," and freely bestowed upon it many fascinating gothic touches. A brilliant intertwining of the popular, the symbolic, and the historical, the novel is a powerful exploration of personal and national guilt, a work that Henry James declared "the closest approach we are likely to have to the Great American Novel." .
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- Modetz Errands-n-More, L.L.C.
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- SALVFRED: 017
- Title
- The House of Seven Gables
- Author
- Hawthorne, Nathaniel
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fair
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- M.A. Donohue & Co.
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