Nathaniel Hawthorne

Broschiertes Buch

The House of the Seven Gables

Beschreibung

A mysterious tale of crime, witchcraft and the supernatural. The House of the Seven Gables is a gloomy New England Mansion, reeking of past sins and malevolent threats. The Pyncheon family that lives there has inherited the curse of centuries-old accusations of witchcraft, and is haunted by the ghosts of the sinful dead.

Autor

Nathaniel Hawthorne's (1804-1864) ability to weave worlds of plaintive beauty is somewhat at odds with his family background. His ancestry, which stems back to the Salem witch trials of 1692, contains a bloody, judgmental history used to dramatic effect in his novels and short stories. For Hawthorne, the sins of the father being passed on through subsequent generations was a haunting image, which he believed shadowed his own family.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Flame Tree Publishing
• Seitenzahl: 256
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. August 2013
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 213mm x 137mm x 15mm
• Gewicht: 272g
• ISBN-13: 9780857754622
• ISBN-10: 0857754629
• Artikelnr.: 37802276