About “The House of the Seven Gables”
The House of the Seven Gables: A Romance is a Gothic novel written by Nathaniel Hawthorne in the mid-1850s and published in April 1851 by Ticknor and Fields in Boston. The story centers on a New England family and their ancestral home, exploring themes of guilt, retribution, and atonement. Supernatural elements and witchcraft are also present. The setting was inspired by the Turner-Ingersoll Mansion in Salem, Massachusetts, which belonged to Hawthorne's cousin and was linked to his ancestors involved in the Salem Witch Trials of 1692. The novel was well received at publication and has been adapted into film and television multiple times. (Summary adapted from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.)
Book details
- Published
- 1858