The House of the Seven Gables

Nathaniel Hawthorne (18041864) was an American novelist, dark romantic, and short story writer.&171;The House of the Seven Gables&187; 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&171;mysterious and terrible past&187; and the generations linked to it, Hawthorne`s chronicle of the Maule and Pyncheon families over two centuries reveals lives&171;caught in the common fire of history&187;.