The House of the Seven Gables Resources
Websites
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The House of the Seven Gables is a real place. This historical site is the home of tons of Hawthorne-related materials, including the house where he was born. It also hosts many relics of the Puritan period in Massachusetts history.
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This interactive site walks you through the Salem witch trials, the historical backdrop for The House of the Seven Gables.
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This wonderful site hosts many of Hawthorne's miscellaneous writings as well as dozens of links and useful biographical tidbits.
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An interactive website introducing an exhibition of Hawthorne's papers at Phillips Library of the Peabody Essex Museum.
Movie or TV Productions
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With Vincent Price as Clifford Pyncheon!
Documents
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Melville (of Moby-Dick fame) and Hawthorne were friends. Here's a letter from Melville to Hawthorne about The House of the Seven Gables.
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Hawthorne's 1862 editorial on the progress of the Civil War.
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The full text of The House of the Seven Gables, so you can search for passages and copy & paste quotes.
Videos
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Watch the beginning of the 1940 film adaptation. (Btw, you can watch the entire film on YouTube. This is part 1 of 11.)
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Adapted for the stage by David John Preece.
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A tour of Salem and the historical site of the House of the Seven Gables. The House of the Seven Gables comes up around the 3 minute mark. (Part 1 of 3)
Audios
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Listen to the novel, brought to you by LibriVox.
Images
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That is an amazing hairstyle. That's all we'll say.
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This one is a really famous portrait.
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This is a daguerreotype much like Judge Pyncheon's.
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Located in Salem, Massachusetts.
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Here's the real House of the Seven Gables, located in Salem, MA.