false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171187178m/90192.jpg 90192 169 It is a terrific romance story that amalgamates mystery, reality and fantasy. Hawthorne has presented an avaricious Colonel Pyncheon who accumulates his money and builds his house in a wretched place, haunted by evil ghosts. The meticulous portrayal of multidimensional characters, straight narrative employed with poetic and emblematic imagery makes the book unique and worth-read. 1483780 1850 The House of The Seven Gables Volume 1 of 2: [EasyRead Super Large 20pt Edition] total:4140|5:569|4:1272|3:1439|2:625|1:235| 4140 13735 5814 373 3 4 false false Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Mon Jan 14 13:55:36 -0800 2008 Mon Jan 14 14:54:53 -0800 2008
The CCLaP 100: In which I read 100 supposed "classics" for the first time, then write reports on whe...more...]]> 2 12 false false Mon Aug 17 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Aug 16 02:23:04 -0700 2009 Mon Aug 17 11:57:13 -0700 2009

Why the hell did I pick this up again? Life's too short, you say? You have 200+ other books on your 'to read' shelf and this was sucking your will to read? Give it up! You're right... all of it... and my answer is... my excuse being... because I'm freakin' stubb...more...]]> 1 5 false false Tue Dec 02 12:33:12 -0800 2008 Thu Dec 04 11:42:19 -0800 2008 one time too many
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The problem is I d...more...]]> 3 1 false false Sun Feb 17 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Wed Jan 30 08:13:01 -0800 2008 Sun Feb 17 09:40:53 -0800 2008 After touring the house in July 2007, I felt the least I could do was to read the book that made the house famous. While I'm not generally a fan of 19th century American literature (give me Dicke...more...]]> 4 1 false false Sun Dec 23 09:41:04 -0800 2007 Sat Jan 05 09:51:52 -0800 2008 more...]]> 1 3 false false Thu Mar 27 01:39:28 -0700 2008 Thu Mar 27 01:43:47 -0700 2008
So this is a classic horror novel in which nothing at all happens for a few hundred pages except the description of some house, an old hag selling oatmeal, and some guy who may or may not have hypnotized the other chick who's boarding there. ...more...]]> 3 1 false false Sat Nov 29 17:35:15 -0800 2008 Sat Nov 29 17:46:21 -0800 2008 more...]]> 4 1 false false Sun Jul 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Fri Oct 19 17:10:52 -0700 2007 Fri Oct 19 17:20:01 -0700 2007 more...]]> 4 0 false false Thu Oct 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Oct 25 06:09:03 -0700 2009 Sun Oct 25 06:09:30 -0700 2009
First, the book’s language is a little tough to grasp at times; Hawthor...more...]]> 5 1 false false Sun Jul 19 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Jul 19 16:16:42 -0700 2009 Sun Jul 19 16:17:11 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Mon Jun 22 14:59:07 -0700 2009 Fri Jun 26 09:50:08 -0700 2009
At times the story seems to drag on as Hawthorne slips into descriptions about Clifford that seem almost irrelevant. These laborious descriptions have an affect of lulling the reader to sleep, almost as if one was in that beaten down old house of seven gable...more...]]> 5 0 false false Tue Oct 06 13:45:33 -0700 2009 Thu Oct 08 16:21:17 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Sun May 24 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon May 25 08:16:33 -0700 2009 Mon May 25 08:31:51 -0700 2009 For years I think I confused this book with "Anne of Green Gables," and I thought this was kind of a proto-little house on the prairie. The word "gable" threw me off. It turns out it's a cool old haunted house story.

It took me a long while to get into it (I wa...more...]]> 2 0 false false Thu Oct 22 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Oct 13 08:21:13 -0700 2009 Tue Oct 13 08:21:13 -0700 2009
Nothing seems to happen in most of the book, and I think the story woul...more...]]> 5 1 false false Sun Nov 16 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Fri Nov 07 06:39:54 -0800 2008 Sun Nov 16 13:21:16 -0800 2008 more...]]> 3 0 false false Mon Jan 12 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Wed Dec 31 17:47:27 -0800 2008 Wed Jan 14 06:16:22 -0800 2009 more...]]> 2 0 false false Sat Jul 18 17:48:56 -0700 2009 Sat Jul 18 18:30:09 -0700 2009 more...]]> 0 0 false false Thu May 28 11:57:33 -0700 2009 Thu May 28 12:08:24 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 1 false false Sun Feb 17 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Sun Feb 10 16:14:43 -0800 2008 Sun Feb 17 20:22:14 -0800 2008 more...]]> http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=90192