The House of the Seven Gables

The House of the Seven Gables is a Gothic novel by Nathaniel Hawthorne. The house of the title is a murky New England estate that has through the ages seen cases of witchcraft and sudden deaths. Hepzibah Pyncheon opens a shop in a side room to support her unhappy brother Clifford, who has done a thirty-year sentence in prison. The spirited and pretty young Phoebe arrives, having a positive effect on Clifford…