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Mar 26, 2013 · The mind of Hawthorne, it seemed then and later, was something like the Salem namesake of his 1851 book, The House of the Seven Gables. It was magisterial and mysterious, filled with many rooms, open for contemplation yet not eager for tenants.
The House of the Seven Gables in Salem, Massachusetts — today a museum accompanying a settlement house — was at one time owned by Hawthorne's cousin, Susanna Ingersoll, and she entertained him there often. Its seven-gabled state was known to Hawthorne only through childhood stories from his cousin; at the time of his visits, he would have ...
- Nathaniel Hawthorne
- 1851
Sin and death seem to have taken root. Some literary circles have maintained that Hawthorne is developing "the story of the fall of man" in this story of the house of Pyncheons. Hawthorne draws not only upon the Bible in this novel, but also upon classical myth in order to develop his theme.
Hawthorne then recounts the trials and boredom of working as the main customs inspector or surveyor in the Custom-House in the port of Salem, Massachusetts, a job he got through political connections and lost 3 years later when the party he favored was voted out of office.
Complete summary of Nathaniel Hawthorne's The House of the Seven Gables. eNotes plot summaries cover all the significant action of The House of the Seven Gables.
In almost every generation, nevertheless, there happened to be some one descendant of the family gifted with a portion of the hard, keen sense, and practical energy, that had so remarkably distinguished the original founder.
After the survey of the Pyncheons’ history, the story is brought up to the present day—to a rather unpromising, declining family line. A “life estate” means that the House of the Seven Gables belonged to the cousin for the duration of her life. It would revert to the Judge upon her death.
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