The House of the Seven Gables

The House of the Seven Gables
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The House of the Seven Gables (Everyman Paperback Classics)

Information on The House of the Seven Gables from the publisher:

Though perhaps best known for his work The Picture of Dorian Gray, Wilde also wrote fairy tales for children that are still popular today. A House of Pomegranates contains four of these works. His writings reflect his wit and way with words.

Description of Nathaniel Hawthorne, author of The House of the Seven Gables:

Colonel Pyncheon does well from denouncing Old Matthew. He founds a New England dynasty and builds a remarkable mansion but on its opening day he is found dead, slaked in his own blood. Generations pass; by 1840 the dynasty is nearly spent. Half witted Clifford and his sister Hapzibah live in the dust and decay of the Seven Gables, where Hepzibah is reduced to running a one cent shop. In their their eyes the Pyncheons are still noble, still cursed but the curse is no longer blood and death, it is altogether more mysterious, less tangible and the arrival of young Phoebe Pyncheon may reveal its true nature.