The House of the Seven Gables: Gothic Fiction (Annotated) - Couverture souple

Hawthorne, Nathaniel

Couverture souple

ISBN 13 : 9798361869800

Editeur : Independently published, 2022

Synopsis

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The House of the Seven Gables by American author Nathaniel Hawthorne is a book of gothic fiction first published in 1851 in the United States.

Synopsis:

The House of the Seven Gables: A Romance by American author Nathaniel Hawthorne is a Gothic novel originally published in 1851. The story follows a family living in their ancestral home in New England dating back to the Salem Witch Trials in 1692. Hawthorne masterfully weaves themes of guilt, retribution, and atonement, shaded with hints of the supernatural and witchcraft. The arrival of a young woman from the country brings a new air into the decaying lives and rooms of the ominous mansion.

Excerpt:

‘Accordingly, with such a tramp of his ponderous riding-boots as might of itself have been audible in the remotest of the seven gables, he advanced to the door, which the servant pointed out, and made its new panels reecho with a loud, free knock. Then, looking round, with a smile, to the spectators, he awaited a response. As none came, however, he knocked again, but with the same unsatisfactory result as at first. And now, being a trifle choleric in his temperament, the lieutenant-governor uplifted the heavy hilt of his sword, wherewith he so beat and banged upon the door, that, as some of the bystanders whispered, the racket might have disturbed the dead. Be that as it might, it seemed to produce no awakening effect on Colonel Pyncheon. When the sound subsided, the silence through the house was deep, dreary, and oppressive, notwithstanding that the tongues of many of the guests had already been loosened by a surreptitious cup or two of wine or spirits.’

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Independently published
• Date d'édition: 2022
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 13: 9798361869800
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 253
• Éditeur: Classics Ginger
• Coordonnées du fabricant: Buchpark GmbH; https://www.buchpark.de; ; Krügerweg 1; Trebbin; Brandenburg; 14959; Allemagne