House of the Seven Gables (Version 2)

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By Listen TheBook Posted on May 30, 2023

In Category - Literary Fiction, General Fiction

Authors: Nathaniel Hawthorne In Year : 1851

Book Language: English

Audiobook: House of the Seven Gables (Version 2)

Preface
The Old Pyncheon Family
The Little Shop Window
The First Customer
A Day Behind the Counter
May and November
Maule's Well
The Guest
The Pyncheon of To-day
Clifford and Phoebe
The Pyncheon Garden
The Arched Window
The Daguerreotypist
Alice Pyncheon
Phoebe's Good-bye
The Scowl and Smile
Clifford's Chamber
The Flight of Two Owls
Governor Pyncheon
Alice's Posies
The Flower of Eden
The Departure

The House of the Seven Gables is a gloomy New England mansion, haunted from its foundation by fraudulent dealings, accusations of witchcraft, and sudden death. The current resident, the dignified but desperately poor Hepzibah Pyncheon, opens a shop in a side room to support her brother Clifford, who is about to leave prison after serving twenty-five years for murder. She refuses all assistance from her unpleasant wealthy cousin Judge Jaffrey Pyncheon. A distant relative, the pretty young Phoebe, turns up and quickly becomes invaluable, charming customers and rousing Clifford from depression. A delicate romance grows between Phoebe and the mysterious lodger Holgrave, who is writing a history of the Pyncheon family. (Summary from Wikipedia)