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

• Essential Gothic, SF & Dark Fantasy
• Verlag: Flame Tree Publishing
• Seitenzahl: 256
• Erscheinungstermin: 16. Juli 2019
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 198mm x 131mm x 20mm
• Gewicht: 196g
• ISBN-13: 9781787556201
• ISBN-10: 1787556204
• Artikelnr.: 54682421