House of the Seven GablesNathaniel Hawthorne's classic tale of family honor brings us the Pyncheon family. From the deception of the first Colonel Pyncheon to the evilness of the current Judge Pyncheon, the family's curses, troubles, and few happinesses are revealed. Follow all happenings of the family home in the Calico Illustrated Classics adaptation of Hawthorne's The House of the Seven Gables. |
Contents
| 4 | |
| 10 | |
A Day Behind the Counter | 18 |
May and November | 23 |
Maules Well | 28 |
The Guest | 35 |
The Pyncheon of Today | 41 |
Clifford and Phoebe | 46 |
The Daguerreotypist | 58 |
Holgraves Tale | 64 |
Phoebes Goodbye | 73 |
The Scowl and the Smile | 77 |
The Flight of the Two Owls | 87 |
Governor Pyncheon | 92 |
Alices Posies | 96 |
The Departure | 107 |
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Alice Pyncheon Alice’s posies beautiful bell rang blood to drink breakfast brother called carpenter cheerful chickens Clifford seemed Colonel Pyncheon country cousin cried curse daguerreotype daguerreotypist dark daughter dead dear cousin death Dixey dream elderly eyes flowers garden ghost gingerbread girl glare grew hand harpsichord heard Hepzibah and Clifford Hepzibah and Phoebe Hepzibah told Holgrave hurried hypnosis imagine Jaffrey Judge Pyncheon judge’s face kiss knew laugh leaned lieutenant governor live lovely man’s Matthew Maule Maule’s Miss Hepzibah murmured never oak chair old house old woman parchment parlor passed Perhaps Phoebe asked Phoebe’s face picture portrait Puritan Pyncheon awoke Pyncheon family Pyncheon house Pyncheon looked Pyncheon sat quiet rushed scowl secret servant Seven Gables shuddered slipped smile soon sound stairs stared stern stood street talk thing thought threw turned Uncle Venner voice walked watch wheelbarrow whispered