The House of the Seven Gables (Version 2)
Nathaniel Hawthorne
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The House of the Seven Gables is a gloomy New England mansion, haunted from its foundation by fraudulent dealings, accusations of witchcraft, and sudden death. The current resident, the dignified but desperately poor Hepzibah Pyncheon, opens a shop in a side room to support her brother Clifford, who is about to leave prison after serving twenty-five years for murder. She refuses all assistance from her unpleasant wealthy cousin Judge Jaffrey Pyncheon. A distant relative, the pretty young Phoebe, turns up and quickly becomes invaluable, charming customers and rousing Clifford from depression. A delicate romance grows between Phoebe and the mysterious lodger Holgrave, who is writing a history of the Pyncheon family. (Summary from Wikipedia) (10 hr 57 min)
Chapters
Preface | 5:56 | Read by Nicodemus |
The Old Pyncheon Family | 53:31 | Read by Nicodemus |
The Little Shop Window | 26:10 | Read by Nicodemus |
The First Customer | 28:30 | Read by Nicodemus |
A Day Behind the Counter | 29:07 | Read by Nicodemus |
May and November | 31:09 | Read by Nicodemus |
Maule's Well | 22:27 | Read by Nicodemus |
The Guest | 36:12 | Read by Nicodemus |
The Pyncheon of To-day | 36:12 | Read by Nicodemus |
Clifford and Phoebe | 26:45 | Read by Nicodemus |
The Pyncheon Garden | 29:07 | Read by Nicodemus |
The Arched Window | 29:54 | Read by Nicodemus |
The Daguerreotypist | 28:39 | Read by Nicodemus |
Alice Pyncheon | 47:39 | Read by Nicodemus |
Phoebe's Good-bye | 22:41 | Read by Nicodemus |
The Scowl and Smile | 34:11 | Read by Nicodemus |
Clifford's Chamber | 26:17 | Read by Nicodemus |
The Flight of Two Owls | 30:10 | Read by Xe Sands |
Governor Pyncheon | 36:59 | Read by Xe Sands |
Alice's Posies | 32:15 | Read by Xe Sands |
The Flower of Eden | 19:40 | Read by Xe Sands |
The Departure | 23:52 | Read by Xe Sands |
Reviews
Great book, 2nd reader difficult to handle.
A LibriVox Listener
This Gothic romance đź’’ is filled with interesting characters.
Robert Cruthirds
The female narrator who reads the last several chapters is excellent. She captures the mood of the novel and her voice changes accordingly to realistically capture how each character might have spoken in a true dialogue.
both of the readers were great
Katherine Berg
this is a good one.