
The House of the Seven Gables
By Nathaniel HawthorneLength11h 21m
About this audiobook
"The House of the Seven Gables" is a gothic novel by Nathaniel Hawthorne. It focuses on a New England family and their ancestral home. The story follows the Pyncheon family, cursed due to deceit and greed by their ancestor, Colonel Pyncheon. The house, with its seven gables, becomes a character itself, illustrating the family's gloomy past and affecting its present inhabitants. Hawthorne explores themes of guilt, retribution, and atonement in this atmospheric story of crime, punishment, and redemption.
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Length11 hrs 21 mins
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FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateMar 16, 185
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1Introductory note the house of the Seven Gables.
2Preface
3Chapter 1: The Old Pyncheon Family (pt. 1)
4Chapter 1: The Old Pyncheon Family (pt. 2)
5Chapter 2: The Little Shop-Window
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6Chapter 3: The First Customer
7Chapter 4: A Day Behind the Counter
8Chapter 5: May and November
9Chapter 6: Maule’s Well
10Chapter 7: The Guest
11Chapter 8: The Pyncheon of To-day
12Chapter 9: Clifford and Phœbe
13Chapter 10: The Pyncheon Garden
14Chapter 11: The Arched Window
15Chapter 12: The Daguerreotypist
16Chapter 13: Alice Pyncheon
17Chapter 14: Phœbe’s Good-Bye
18Chapter 15: The Scowl and Smile
19Chapter 16: Clifford’s Chamber
20Chapter 17: The Flight of Two Owls
21Chapter 18: Governor Pyncheon
22Chapter 19: Alice’s Posies
23Chapter 20: The Flower of Eden
24Chapter 21: The Departure