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The house of the title is a gloomy New England mansion, haunted since its construction by fraudulent dealings, accusations of witchcraft, and sudden death. The current resident, the dignified but desperately poor Hepzibah Pyncheon, opens a shop in a side room to support her brother Clifford, who is about to leave prison after serving thirty years for murder. Nathaniel Hawthorne, an American novelist and short story writer most famous for his historic romantic novel 'The Scarlet Letter'. Hawthorne's writing often features moral allegories with a Puritan inspiration. His fiction works are considered part of the Romantic movement and, more specifically, dark romanticism. His themes often centre on the inherent evil and sin of humanity, and his works often have deep psychological complexity. Nathaniel Hawthorne, guilt, gothic, retribution, atonement, tragedy, dark, sin, guilt, legalism, puritan, Puritanism, romanticism, romantic, historic, great American classic The house of the title is a gloomy New England mansion,haunted since its construction by fraudulent dealings,accusations of witchcraft,and sudden death. The current resident,the dignified but desperately poor Hepzibah Pynche

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Author

Nathaniel Hawthorne

Publisher

Sovereign

Language

EN

Category

work of fiction

Subjects

Fiction

Rating

3.45 / 5 (389 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14