Gothic

The House of the Seven Gables

by Nathaniel Hawthorne

A family’s fortune and misfortune both trace back to a curse laid on the house generations earlier by a man his ancestor had wronged. Hawthorne believed inherited guilt does not politely wait for the guilty party to actually be present to collect. The house itself is easily as important a character as anyone living inside it.

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Reading time

About 7 hr 10 min

Where to find it

On the Gothic shelves

Edition

Project Gutenberg, eBook #77. In the public domain in the United States.