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CENTENARY ED WORKS NATHANIEL HAWTHORNE: VOL. II, THE HOUSE OF THE SEVEN GABLES (Centenary Edition of the Works of Nathaniel Hawthorne, Vol 2)CENTENARY ED WORKS NATHANIEL HAWTHORNE: VOL. II, THE HOUSE OF THE SEVEN GABLES (Centenary Edition of the Works of Nathaniel Hawthorne, Vol 2)NATHANIEL HAWTHORNE
 

The House of the Seven Gables (Centenary Edition of the Works of Nathaniel Hawthorne, Vol 2)

by Nathaniel Hawthorne

A novel which deals with a decadent New England family and Holgrave, who rents a room in their seven-gabled house. (read review)

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Mary W
  • Rated 5 stars

“My favorite book! I love getting lost in Hawthorne's prose!!!”

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Laura T
  • Rated 2 stars

“I really wanted to read this because a) I'm from New England and it's like illegal not to, b) I've been to "the house of the seven gables," c) I read Scarlet Letter, and d) it sat on my book shelf in a collection of "must-read classics" forever. I was not impressed- it was slow and boring.”

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  • Rated 3.668421 stars
  

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