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The House of Seven Gables

Audiobook

In the House of the Seven Gables, Nathanial Hawthorne explores themes of guilt, retribution, and atonement in a New England family and colors the tale with suggestions of the supernatural and witchcraft. An evil house, cursed through the centuries by a man who was hanged for witchcraft, is haunted by the ghosts of its sinful dead and wracked by the fear of its frightened living. The story was inspired by a gabled house in Salem belonging to Hawthorne's cousin Susanna Ingersoll and by those of Hawthorne's ancestors who played a part in the Salem Witch Trials of 1692. Written as a follow-up to The Scarlet Letter, The House of the Seven Gables is truly a masterful blending of the actual and the imaginary.


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Publisher: Cherry Hill Publishing Edition: Unabridged

OverDrive Listen audiobook

  • ISBN: 9781937028732
  • File size: 344554 KB
  • Release date: August 23, 2011
  • Duration: 11:57:49

MP3 audiobook

  • ISBN: 9781937028732
  • File size: 345096 KB
  • Release date: August 23, 2011
  • Duration: 11:57:43
  • Number of parts: 12

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OverDrive Listen audiobook
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Languages

English

Levels

Lexile® Measure:1320
Text Difficulty:10-12

In the House of the Seven Gables, Nathanial Hawthorne explores themes of guilt, retribution, and atonement in a New England family and colors the tale with suggestions of the supernatural and witchcraft. An evil house, cursed through the centuries by a man who was hanged for witchcraft, is haunted by the ghosts of its sinful dead and wracked by the fear of its frightened living. The story was inspired by a gabled house in Salem belonging to Hawthorne's cousin Susanna Ingersoll and by those of Hawthorne's ancestors who played a part in the Salem Witch Trials of 1692. Written as a follow-up to The Scarlet Letter, The House of the Seven Gables is truly a masterful blending of the actual and the imaginary.


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