The House of the Seven Gables (The Penguin American Library)

The House of the Seven Gables (The Penguin American Library)

FThis enduring novel of crime and retribution vividly reflects the social and moral values of New England in the 1840s.Â

Nathaniel Hawthorne's gripping psychological drama concerns the Pyncheon family, a dynasty founded on pious theft, who live for generations under a dead man's curse until their house is finally exorcised by love. Hawthorne, by birth and education, was instilled with the Puritan belief in America's limitless promise. Yet - in part because of blemishes on his own family history - he also saw the darker side of the young nation. Like his twentieth-century heirs William Faulkner and F. Scott Fitzgerald, Hawthorne peered behind propriety's faÃ§ade and exposed the true human condition.
Country USA
Brand Penguin Classics
Manufacturer Penguin Classics
Binding Paperback
ItemPartNumber 21209173
Color Multicolor
ReleaseDate 1981-08-27
UnitCount 1
EANs 9780140390056

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