Nathaniel Hawthorne's classic of gothic literature follows the
Pyncheon family in pre- and post-colonial New England, in their
ancestral home; the titular House of the Seven Gables. Published in
1851 at the height of the Gothic fiction craze, Hawthorne's book
follows two time frames: one involves flashbacks to the late 17th
century, while the other is set in the author's present day of the
mid-19th century. We witness the events leading up to the Salem
witch trials, and the construction of a house which came to
epitomise the foreboding gloom of late Gothic architecture. We hear
how the very construction of the house was unjust, the land was
seized from its rightful owner via cynical accusations of
witchcraft. The newly-built mansion is thought to harbor a curse
when Colonel Pyncheon dies during its housewarming party.
Thereafter this event overshadows the lives of the Pyncheon family
members, who begin to feel the house and its grim legacy weigh on
their shoulders.
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