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The house of the seven gables : a romance  Cover Image Book Book

The house of the seven gables : a romance / Nathaniel Hawthorne ; illustrations by David Frampton ; afterword by Henry James.

Summary:

The ancient mansion of the story is cursed with a hidden secret. When its two frail and aged inhabitants Hepzibah and Clifford Pyncheon are joined by their vivacious young cousin Phoebe, the mystery looks set to be resolved. The music is by Liszt, Mendelssohn, Schumann and Couperin.

Record details

  • ISBN: 0895772191
  • ISBN: 9780895772190
  • Physical Description: 287 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm.
  • Publisher: Pleasantville, N.Y. : Reader's Digest Association, [1985]

Content descriptions

Formatted Contents Note:
The old Pyncheon family -- The little shop window -- The first customer -- A day behind the counter -- May and November -- Maule's well -- The guest -- The Pyncheon of today -- Clifford and Phoebe -- The Pyncheon garden -- The arched window.
(Cont.) The daguerreotypist -- Alice Pyncheon -- Phoebe's good-bye -- The scowl and smile -- Clifford's chamber -- The flight of two owls -- Governor Pyncheon -- Alice's posies -- The flower of Eden -- The departure.
Subject: Haunted houses > Fiction.
Salem (Mass.) > Fiction.
Domestic fiction.
Genre: Domestic fiction.
Historical fiction.
Paranormal fiction.
Occult fiction.

Available copies

  • 2 of 2 copies available at Potter-Tioga Library System. (Show)
  • 1 of 1 copy available at Ulysses Library Association.

Holds

  • 0 current holds with 2 total copies.
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