The House of the Seven Gables
| AUTHOR | Stern, Milton R.; Stern, Milton R.; Hawthorne, Nathaniel et al. |
| PUBLISHER | Penguin Classics (08/27/1981) |
| PRODUCT TYPE | Paperback (Paperback) |
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FThis enduring novel of crime and retribution vividly reflects the social and moral values of New England in the 1840s. 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 façade and exposed the true human condition.
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ISBN-13:
9780140390056
ISBN-10:
0140390057
Binding:
Paperback or Softback (Trade Paperback (Us))
Content Language:
English
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Page Count:
326
Carton Quantity:
52
Product Dimensions:
5.00 x 0.90 x 7.70 inches
Weight:
0.65 pound(s)
Feature Codes:
Price on Product,
Table of Contents,
Ikids
Country of Origin:
US
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BISAC Categories
Fiction | Classics
Fiction | Literary
Fiction | Gothic
Grade Level:
College Freshman
and up
Accelerated Reader:
Reading Level:
0
Point Value:
0
Guided Reading Level:
Not Applicable
Dewey Decimal:
FIC
Library of Congress Control Number:
81002828
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FThis enduring novel of crime and retribution vividly reflects the social and moral values of New England in the 1840s. 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 façade and exposed the true human condition.
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