House of the Seven Gables

An Apple Books Classic edition.

Nathaniel Hawthorne’s spooky, atmospheric novel explores how the sins of previous generations can cast long shadows over the living.

For over one hundred years, the Pyncheon family has lived under a curse placed on them when an ancestor seized the land of a man he sent to the gallows for witchcraft. Now the decaying mansion stands as a monument to that crime, and the current residents—penniless Hepzibah, her brother Clifford newly released from prison, and their young cousin Phoebe—must reckon with inherited guilt.

As secrets surface and old wrongs demand justice, Hawthorne asks whether love can break the cycles of greed and vengeance. The House of the Seven Gables blends dread and history into a darkly compelling American gothic tale.