The History of the House of the Seven Gables, Salem, Massachusetts

"The House of the Seven Gables" war das erste Buch, dass ich von Nathanial Hawthorne gelesen habe. Bereits auf den ersten Seiten war ich von seinen Schreibstil begeistert. Mir gefällt seine Schreibweise vor allem im Bezug auf die Beschreibung des alten Gebäudes, das se wie es beschrieben wird, und die Vorstellung der Charaktäre, da der Erzähler den Leser stets auf emotionale Weise miteinbezieht. Als Hepzibah zum ersten mal vorgestellt wird, versetzt der Erzähler den Leser gnadenlos in die Situat

If you can read WALDEN and get excited, you can read THE HOUSE OF THE SEVEN GABLES and enjoy it a lot, though it moves a little slower. There's a happy ending, a very happy ending, but the way to the ending is through The House of Death, because that's what The House of the Seven Gables is: The House of Death. A rich man's will has given it to a couple of his poor relatives, and it's dragging them down. The relatives are old; one of them has been in prison thirty years for murder; his sister is

The past is never dead. It’s not even past.” – William Faulkner, Requiem for a NunAt the center of The House of Seven Gables is a profound curse, whose origins are established in the opening chapter. Matthew Maule, accused and convicted of being a witch, is executed. Before dying Maule exclaims “God will give him blood to drink” in reference to Colonel Pyncheon. Colonel Pyncheon, a rival of Maule who had a hand Maule’s conviction, has the audacity to subsequently build an elaborate house, The Ho

As time goes by, 19th century novels acquire a special quality. They become strangely close as we struggle to understand the language and the unexplainable behaviour of characters with different moral values. However, Hawthorne was unusually modern in his views. Good novel.

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