Description

The House of the Seven Gables A Romanceis aGothic novelwritten beginning in mid1850 by American authorNathaniel Hawthorneand published in April 1851 byTicknor and FieldsofBoston The novel follows aNew Englandfamily and their ancestral home In the book Hawthorne explores themes of guilt retribution and atonement and colors the tale with suggestions of thesupernaturalandwitchcraft