The House of the Seven GablesThe House of the Seven Gables is set in the mid-19th century, although it includes glimpses into the history of the house, which was built in the late 17th century. The house of the title is a gloomy New England mansion, haunted since its construction 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 thirty years for murder. |
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The Old Pyncheon Family | 1 |
The Little Shopwindow | 21 |
The First Customer | 30 |
Copyright | |
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Alice Pyncheon answered Phoebe appeared arched window artist Bantam Classics beautiful behold better bitter emotion breath brought carpenter chair Chanticleer character child Colonel Pyncheon countenance Cousin Hepzibah cried daguerreotype daguerreotypist dark dead dear death door dream eyes face fancied feel figure Flower of Eden flowers garden gaze girl guest hand happy harpsichord heart Hepzi Hepzibah and Clifford Herman Melville Holgrave hour human Jack London Jaffrey Jim Crow Judge Pyncheon Judge's kind lady laugh look man's mansion Mark Twain Matthew Maule Maule's mind Miss Hepzibah morning nature never old gentleman old house old Pyncheon once parlor passed perhaps person Phoebe's picture pleasant poor Hepzibah Puritan Pyncheon Elm Pyncheon House Pyncheon Street scowl secret seemed Seven Gables shadow smile spirit stern stood story strange sunshine things thought town turned Uncle Venner voice Waldo County whispered whole wizard young youth