Nathaniel Hawthorne

The House of the Seven Gables (Annotated) Nathaniel Hawthorne

Differentiated book- It has a historical context with research of the time-The House of the Seven Gables is a novel by Nathaniel Hawthorne published in 1851, generally recognized as the best American novel of this period. It takes place at the homonymous house in Salem, Massachusetts. The House of Seven Roofs is set for a house, undoubtedly peculiar, built in the 17th century and located in downtown Salem, in a small New England town. In it, Colonel Pyncheon, of Puritan formation, decides to build this mansion in the place where the Mathew Maule cabin was previously built, who is said to be a cloudy, dark man, since he was driven to torment on charges of witchcraft. The mansion is demonized, since different witchcraft rites had been performed before. The colonel, who presides over the conviction, cannot hide crooked claims in order to seize Maule's land. While he is being executed, he utters this phrase: "God will give you blood to drink." This curse will affect the following generations thus exposing great fatalism in them. On the day of the inauguration of the imposing house, the colonel dies suddenly. It is in this mansion that the entire novel takes place. The characters in this novel are actors in a social drama that shows the ridiculousness of the proud positions that despise humble people