The House of the Seven Gables

By: Nathaniel Hawthorne

Narrated by: Buck Schirner

From the author of The Scarlet Letter comes a landmark of American literature, an embodiment of the greed which can compel people to treacherous actions.

Hawthorne's The House of the Seven Gables is a study of guilt and renewal from generation to generation. At the time of the Salem witch trials, the patriarch of the Pyncheon family finds himself so covetous of his neighbor’s property that he is led to sinister deeds, turning the community against his neighbor who is ultimately hanged for witchcraft. Though his plot to acquire the land is successful, the dying man's curse on the Pyncheon family comes true generation upon generation. That is, until six generations later when the long-hidden truth is revealed….

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Public Domain (P)1994 Brilliance Audio

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Would you recommend this audiobook to a friend? If so, why?

I would only recommend this to those who love to read.
If you don't like language and description...not for you.
This is written in a very prosaic manner: it's wordy.
Beautifully written.