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The uncut international trailer for the movie HEPZIBAH now called THE VILLAGE. Starring Eleanor Tomlinson, Finn Atkins, Christopher Elson, David Bamber, Murr...
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Provided to YouTube by The Orchard EnterprisesThe House of the Seven Gables: Act 1: Jaffrey: Why, Hepzibah · Manhattan Opera Theatre · Scott Eyerly · David G...
Hepzibah is the member of the Pyncheon family who currently resides in the House of the Seven Gables, having lived as a near-recluse there for the past quarter-century. Hepzibah grew up thinking of herself as a member of the aristocracy even as the family’s fortunes declined. Now an elderly and impoverished woman, she is badly nearsighted and ...
Where Judge Pyncheon's most recognizable characteristic is his kindly smile, Hepzibah's is her dark scowl. She doesn't mean to scowl; it's just that she's near-sighted and has heavy eyebrows. She has to squint all the time, which makes her look angry. She is actually tender-hearted, as her devoted care for her brother Clifford shows.
Hepzibah has good intentions and a good heart; she manages to convey only goodwill toward the children and customers who frequent her shop. The townspeople’s failure to recognize her beneficence stands as a rather searing commentary on the shallowness of New England society. Hepzibah is strongly devoted to her brother, Clifford, even though ...
Summary. Chapter 15: The Scowl and Smile. The house of the seven gables becomes a dreary place after Phoebe leaves; it is made even more so by the arrival of a storm that lingers for several days. Clifford becomes more and more dour, eventually refusing to get out of bed. Hepzibah feels helpless and does not know how to help her brother.
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Summary. Chapter 2 introduces Miss Hepzibah Pyncheon. Hepzibah is an old spinster who lives in the house alone save for a lodger, "a certain respectable and orderly young man, an artist in the daguerreotype line," who has lived in a remote part of the house for three months. She awakens before sunrise and spends a good deal of time readying ...
