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The House of Seven Gables
de Hawthorne, Nathaniel (1804-1864)
- Usado
- First
- Estado
- Near Fine-Collectible
- Librería
-
Argillite, Kentucky, United States
Precio
EUR 18.68EUR 16.82
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Sobre este artículo
Garden City: International Collectors Library. 1st Edition Thus. Leatherette. Near Fine-Collectible. 5.75"x8.5" 298 numbered pages. Navy leatherette boards w/beautiful gilt designs on front and spine, Navy silk ribbon marker. Heather paste downs. Spine straight, sewn binding tight, pages clean w/soft tone. Not x-library, unmarked, no DJ. Toning to glue along gutter. Secure ship w/track #. The sins of one generation are visited upon another in a haunted New England mansion until the arrival of a young woman from the country breathes new air into mouldering lives and rooms. Written shortly after The Scarlet Letter, The House of the Seven Gables re-addresses the theme of human guilt in a style remarkable in both its descriptive virtuosity and its truly modern mix of fantasy and realism. Goodreads.
Sinopsis
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." In a sleepy little New England village stands a dark, weather-beaten, many-gabled house. This brooding mansion is haunted by a centuries-old curse that casts the shadow of ancestral sin upon the last four members of the distinctive Pyncheon family. Mysterious deaths threaten the living. Musty documents nestle behind hidden panels carrying the secret of the family's salvation--or its downfall. Hawthorne called The House of the Seven Gables "a Romance," and freely bestowed upon it many fascinating gothic touches. A brilliant intertwining of the popular, the symbolic, and the historical, the novel is a powerful exploration of personal and national guilt, a work that Henry James declared "the closest approach we are likely to have to the Great American Novel." .
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El Jun 6 2016, un lector dijo:
I just found a hard back cover edition of this great book on my mother-in-laws book case. She received it for a Christmas present in 1941. It has a number 53 stamped into its back cover. I'm reading it now and enjoying the writers craft and story. I became intrigued with Hawthorne's style and decided to look it up. Thank you for your review and priceless information about the book and the author. I will treasure my copy and forever be grateful to my husbands sweet mother for giving me this window into the past through The House to the Seven Gables. A beautiful reading experience for years to come.
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Detalles
- Librería
- Blacks Bookshop
(US)
- Inventario del vendedor #
- 16386
- Título
- The House of Seven Gables
- Autor
- Hawthorne, Nathaniel (1804-1864)
- Formato/Encuadernación
- Leatherette
- Estado del libro
- Usado - Near Fine-Collectible
- Cantidad disponible
- 1
- Edición
- 1st Edition Thus
- Editorial
- International Collectors Library
- Lugar de publicación
- Garden City
Términos de venta
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Argillite, Kentucky
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- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- X-Library
- A former library book, generally containing library acquisition and ownership stamped markings, and other typical indications of...
- New
- A new book is a book previously not circulated to a buyer. Although a new book is typically free of any faults or defects, "new"...
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Gutter
- The inside margin of a book, connecting the pages to the joints near the binding.
