The House of the Seven Gables (Illustrated)

- Beautifully illustrated with atmospheric paintings by renowned artists, The House of the Seven Gables is Hawthorne's spellbinding tale of an impoverished family, their quirky old house and the family curse. - Just as accessible and enjoyable for today's modern readers as it would have been when first published well over a century ago, the novel is one of the great works of American literature and continues to be widely read and studied throughout the world.- This meticulous digital edition from Heritage Illustrated Publishing is a faithful reproduction of the original text.

From the Back Cover

A New England family struggles under the weight of their haunted past. The House of the Seven Gables, by Nathaniel Hawthorne, follows the mentally and emotionally unstable Pyncheon clan. Their ancestral home is the source of many strange happenings due to its controversial history rooted in witchcraft, deception and death.

About the Author

Adam Sims, Earphones Award-winning narrator, is an actor who trained at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art. His recordings for radio include Wenny Has Wings, The World According to Humphrey, and The Salamander Letter, all for the BBC. Film and theater credits include Band of Brothers on HBO; Lost in Space and The Madness of George III at the West Yorkshire Playhouse; Alice in Wonderland with the Royal Shakespeare Company; A Midsummer Night's Dream at Regent's Park; and Snake in Fridge at the Royal Exchange Theatre, for which he won the award for Best Actor at the Manchester Evening News Theatre Awards.Nathaniel Hawthorne (1804-1864) is considered to be one of the greatest American authors of the nineteenth century. Born in Salem, Massachusetts, he used Puritan New England as a setting for many of his short stories, allegorical tales, and novels. The Scarlet Letter, Hawthorne's masterpiece, has never been out of print since it was first published in 1850.

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