House of the Seven Gables, The

American  

noun

1. a novel (1851) by Hawthorne.

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Example Sentences

She ends up at the House of the Seven Gables, the inspiration for Nathaniel Hawthorne’s 1851 novel of the same name.

From Los Angeles Times

At the Athen�um in the town some thousands of Holmes's books will soon be placed, and here is preserved the secretary from Hawthorne's study in the little red house,—a time-worn mahogany combination of desk, drawers, and shelves, at which he wrote "The House of the Seven Gables," "The Wonder-Book," "The Snow Image," and part of "The Blithedale Romance."

From Project Gutenberg

“House of the Seven Gables, The,” 196, 202-06.

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House of the Seven Gables, The, 5, 25, 28.

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House of the Seven Gables, The, 7, 28, 31.

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