House_of_the_Seven_Gables

作者：Nathaniel Hawthorne

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TheHouseoftheSevenGablesisagloomyNewEnglandmansion,hauntedfromitsfoundationbyfraudulentdealings,accusationsofwitchcraft,andsuddendeath.Thecurrentresident,thedignifiedbutdesperatelypoorHepzibahPyncheon,opensashopinasideroomtosupportherbrotherClifford,whoisabouttoleaveprisonafterservingtwenty-fiveyearsformurder.SherefusesallassistancefromherunpleasantwealthycousinJudgeJaffreyPyncheon.Adistantrelative,theprettyyoungPhoebe,turnsupandquicklybecomesinvaluable,charmingcustomersandrousingCliffordfromdepression.AdelicateromancegrowsbetweenPhoebeandthemysteriouslodgerHolgrave,whoiswritingahistoryofthePyncheonfamily.TheHouseoftheSevenGablesissetmainlyinthemid-19thcentury,withglimpsesintothehistoryofthehouse,whichwasbuiltinthelate17thcentury.Theprimaryinterestofthisbookisinthesubtleandinvolveddescriptionsofcharacterandmotive.