Hawthorne
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The House of the Seven Gables
New England, early 1800s. Hepzibah Pyncheon, a hermit-like woman with a severe face and a soft heart, lives quietly in the seven-gabled Pyncheon House. She is rescued from poverty only when her young relative, Phoebe, comes to live with her and help her run a small shop. Phoebe is interested to meet the other lodger Continue reading
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