The House of the Seven Gables (Enriched Classics) - Softcover

Hawthorne, Nathaniel

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1416534776 ISBN 13: 9781416534778

Publisher: Simon & Schuster, 2007

Synopsis

Enduring Literature Illuminated By Practical Scholarship

The story of the Pyncheon family, residents of an evil house cursed by the victim of their ancestor's witch hunt and haunted by the ghosts of many generations.

This Enriched Classic Edition Includes:

• A concise introduction that gives the reader important background information


• A chronology of the author's life and work


• A timeline of significant events that provides the book's historical context


• An outline of key themes and plot points to guide the reader's own interpretations


• Detailed explanatory notes


• Critical analysis, including contemporary and modern perspectives on the work


• Discussion questions to promote lively classroom and book group interaction


• A list of recommended related books and films to broaden the reader's experience

Enriched Classics offer readers affordable editions of great works of literature enhanced by helpful notes and insightful commentary. The scholarship provided in Enriched Classics enables readers to appreciate, understand, and enjoy the world's finest books to their full potential.

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From the Publisher

Designed for school districts, educators, and students seeking to maximize performance on standardized tests, Webster’s paperbacks take advantage of the fact that classics are frequently assigned readings in English courses. By using a running thesaurus at the bottom of each page, this edition of The House of the Seven Gables by Nathaniel Hawthorne was edited for students who are actively building their vocabularies in anticipation of taking PSAT®, SAT®, AP® (Advanced Placement®), GRE®, LSAT®, GMAT® or similar examinations.

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From the Inside Flap

First published in 1851, The House of the Seven Gables is one of Hawthorne's defining works, a vivid depiction of American life and values replete with brilliantly etched characters. The tale of a cursed house with a "mysterious and terrible past" and the generations linked to it, Hawthorne's chronicle of the Maule and Pyncheon families over two centuries reveals, in Mary Oliver's words, "lives caught in the common fire of history."
This Modern Library Paperback Classics edition uses the definitive text as prepared for The Centenary Edition of the Works of Nathaniel Hawthorne; this is the Approved Edition of the Center for Scholarly Editions (Modern Language Association). It includes newly commissioned notes on the text.

About this edition

• Publisher: Simon & Schuster
• Publication date: 2007
• ISBN 10: 1416534776
• ISBN 13: 9781416534778
• Binding: Mass Market Paperback
• Number of pages: 432