"The House of the Seven Gables" by Hawthorne - 1893

- "The House of the Seven Gables" - by Nathaniel Hawthorne
- Copyright 1851 by Nathaniel Hawthorne
- Copyright 1879 by Rose Hawthorne Lathrop
- Copyright 1883 by Houghton, Mifflin & Company
- Published 1893 by Houghton, Mifflin & Co., Boston and New York
- Salem Edition / Hardcover book / 375 pages / LITERATURE
** The House of the Seven Gables is a Gothic novel that follows a New England family and their ancestral home. In the book, Hawthorne explores themes of guilt, retribution, and atonement and colors the tale with suggestions of the supernatural and witchcraft. The setting for the book was inspired by a 1668 gabled colonial mansion in Salem belonging to Hawthorne's cousin Susanna Ingersoll and by ancestors of Hawthorne who had played a part in the Salem Witch Trials of 1692. - The house is currently a non-profit museum.