The House of the Seven Gables : a Romance
by Nathaniel Hawthorne with an Introduction by Van Wyck Brooks and Illustrations in Color by Valenti Angelo;
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good/Glassine
- Seller
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Hyattsville, Maryland, United States
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About This Item
Heritage Press , 1935. Very Good/Glassine. 413 p., clean and unmarked; former owner's book plate on front paste down; fore-edge splatter; beautiful color ill.; binding tight; boards with pictorial color medallion on front board and gilt lettering on brown spine are clean with minimal wear, thanks to yellowed but unchipped glassine wrapper within slip case that has littled edge wear but has a few tiny smudges on one panel.
Synopsis
First published in 1851, The House of the Seven Gables is one of Hawthorne's defining works, a vivid depiction of American life and values, replete with brilliantly etched characters. The tale of a cursed house with a "mysterious and terrible past" and the generations linked to it, Hawthorne's chronicle of the Maule and Pyncheon families over two centuries reveals, in Mary Oliver's words, "lives caught in the common fire of history." In a sleepy little New England village stands a dark, weather-beaten, many-gabled house. This brooding mansion is haunted by a centuries-old curse that casts the shadow of ancestral sin upon the last four members of the distinctive Pyncheon family. Mysterious deaths threaten the living. Musty documents nestle behind hidden panels carrying the secret of the family's salvation--or its downfall. Hawthorne called The House of the Seven Gables "a Romance," and freely bestowed upon it many fascinating gothic touches. A brilliant intertwining of the popular, the symbolic, and the historical, the novel is a powerful exploration of personal and national guilt, a work that Henry James declared "the closest approach we are likely to have to the Great American Novel." .
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Reviews
On Jun 6 2016, a reader said:
I just found a hard back cover edition of this great book on my mother-in-laws book case. She received it for a Christmas present in 1941. It has a number 53 stamped into its back cover. I'm reading it now and enjoying the writers craft and story. I became intrigued with Hawthorne's style and decided to look it up. Thank you for your review and priceless information about the book and the author. I will treasure my copy and forever be grateful to my husbands sweet mother for giving me this window into the past through The House to the Seven Gables. A beautiful reading experience for years to come.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Robert Harper Books LLC
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 063437
- Title
- The House of the Seven Gables : a Romance
- Author
- Nathaniel Hawthorne with an Introduction by Van Wyck Brooks and Illustrations in Color by Valenti Angelo;
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Glassine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Heritage Press
- Date Published
- 1935
Terms of Sale
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About Robert Harper Books LLC
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- Plate
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- Gilt
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- Glassine Wrapper
- A thin, partially transparent or translucent paper covering often used ...
- Slip Case
- A protective sleeve, often made of decorative cardboard or leather which houses a book. It is open on one end, so as to allow...
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