The House of the Seven Gables Audiobook

" An interesting hisory of one family and their house. Not as interesting as the Scarlett letter , but Hawthorne shows New England well. "

" So the language is historically stilted and difficult to get through, but I was SO terrified by the last chapter or so. Maybe it was circumstances, I don't know. "

" Reading this classic literally took me months to get through it! Hawthorne's style of writing in verbose and heavy handed, but given total concentration is very descriptive. i usually read contemporary books like this one, leaning towards character development, rather than plot development, but in this case, this is am extreme example of that kind of novel. Plot development is plodding and takes 95% of the book to reach the climax. However, the clever plot twist at the end does produce what I'm sure was Hawthorne's desired intent--a big surprise. I'm thinking of revisiting Hawthorne's The Scarlet letter...next year! "

" Struggled to finish. Did not really like this book. "

" Read it, been there, done that....not a real impressive book. "

" yes. evidently i love old literature. is it an acquired taste? or do i just see the continuity from then-to-now and how consistent human nature is? "

" This is an odd book, and gets a little dry in several parts. However, it definitely picks up towards the end. "

" Not quite what I was expecting after scarlet letter, gently ticking along "

" It was pretty good. A little spooky and mysterious, which I liked. Hawthorne is a beautiful writer but can be a bit too wordy for me at times. "

" Hawthorne is the equivalent of nudging someone and winking without actually thinking of anything interesting, risque, beautiful, or even useful. It is sad that a man with such a voluminous writing ability was seemingly devoid of any notion of what to do with it. "

" Nathaniel Hawthorne made more mention of graves and tombstones than Poe. It's true. This book is possibly what put him over the top. His juxtaposition between the "Old world" and the "new" is blatantly evident in the personalities of the characters "

" Sadly, I stopped this book before even finishing it. I had been trying to read it for a long time and it just wasn't getting anywhere. It spent too much time talking about the surroundings and not getting anywhere in a plt. I didn't have the patience for it right now. "

" A good story, but a little wordy for my taste. Hawthorne does like to use his big words and explain every detail. If he would only do it in conversation it would be more interesting. I also found a great many errors in proofreading. Don't publishers or editors proofread any more? "

" The story line was okay but the author drives me batty. He gives too much detail with many things and spends so much time doing it you can easily forget where the story line is going. He is a big windbag. This is the second book of his I have read and I am pretty sure I won't be reading any more. "

" It was slow at first but I loved the second half of the book. It was really interesting to read an old book that took place in early America. "

" Full of ominous settings, descriptive characters and mysterious occurances, this story was not at all what I thought it might be. Although I thought it to have witchcraft in the 1800s New England as it's theme, it was so much more than that. And, the ending was quite satisfying. A good read. "

" good book overall, hepibzah and clifford live in ancestral house with dagguerrotypist, then cousin phoebe comes and changes everything. annoying cousin jaffery meets a mysterious fate, happy ending. the happy ending was too happy. "

" I really like this book and I enjoyed reading it. "

" Got tired of waiting for anything even remotely interesting to happen, so I gave up after around 100 pages. "

" I like Nathaniel Hawthorne. I love gothic stories. I HATED The House of Seven Gables. Since this makes no sense to me, I'm giving this book two stars instead of one, because I can only assume that somewhere along the line in this book, I missed something important. "

" I should read this again, its been since high school and next week we are touring the house near Boston. In HS I thought it was boring, but I was pretty young at the time, maybe it aged better or maybe I did. "

" I don't know how I even finished this one. "

" It was okay. Parts of it were very slow moving, but I suppose an entire chapter describing one thing is to be expected with Hawthorne. The thing that really disappointed me was the ending. I still think the house should have burned down. "

" One of the most difficult books I've ever had to read. Nothing much happens... "

" I couldn't finish it. It dragged on and Hawthorne was overly descriptive in describing EVERYTHING. "

" Dry as the sand that refuses to be brushed off after a day at the beach. Bleah. "

" I have tried to read this for years. I generally like Hawthorne, but I've never been able to read more than a few chapters of this. Well I perservered this time! Finished it. Disappointing. Boring. The Pinchots can keep their house and their secrets. "

" I should read this again, its been since high school and next week we are touring the house near Boston. In HS I thought it was boring, but I was pretty young at the time, maybe it aged better or maybe I did. "

" I thought this book was pretty boring, it involves an old family curse and what the family does to get rid of it. I wanted a bit more action. "

" The fact that I can't really remember weather I liked this book or not leads me to the conclusion that I probably didn't care much either way. "

" It was a good story, but I kept falling asleep every time I started reading. So it took me a VERY LONG TIME to finish the book. "

" Every time I read this, I definitely read deeper into the complexity of Hawthorne's story. I really enjoyed it, and loved the vivid characters and unique story that Hawthorne manages to weave into a tale surrounding a house. "

" I bought this in Salem MA at the House of the Seven Gables in April 2006. "

" can't do it . . . cannot finish this book :( "

" Ok. I liked the Scarlett Letter better. "

" I read the Kindle edition, Hawthorne's House of the Seven Gables (bargain edition typeset for the Kindle) Dec 2008. I thoroughly enjoyed reading this. I liked the old fashioned English. The story was a real page turner, I couldn't wait to get back to the story every time I had to stop. "

" I read the Kindle edition, Hawthorne's House of the Seven Gables (bargain edition typeset for the Kindle) Dec 2008. I thoroughly enjoyed reading this. I liked the old fashioned English. The story was a real page turner, I couldn't wait to get back to the story every time I had to stop. "

" I read the Kindle edition, Hawthorne's House of the Seven Gables (bargain edition typeset for the Kindle) Dec 2008. I thoroughly enjoyed reading this. I liked the old fashioned English. The story was a real page turner, I couldn't wait to get back to the story every time I had to stop. "

" I read the Kindle edition, Hawthorne's House of the Seven Gables (bargain edition typeset for the Kindle) Dec 2008. I thoroughly enjoyed reading this. I liked the old fashioned English. The story was a real page turner, I couldn't wait to get back to the story every time I had to stop. "

" I read the Kindle edition, Hawthorne's House of the Seven Gables (bargain edition typeset for the Kindle) Dec 2008. I thoroughly enjoyed reading this. I liked the old fashioned English. The story was a real page turner, I couldn't wait to get back to the story every time I had to stop. "

" I've tried reading this about eighteen times. Still haven't finished it. My wife says that this is her history teacher's favorite book of all time. Her second favorite book? Probably something equally dull. "

" I've tried reading this about eighteen times. Still haven't finished it. My wife says that this is her history teacher's favorite book of all time. Her second favorite book? Probably something equally dull. "

" I've tried reading this about eighteen times. Still haven't finished it. My wife says that this is her history teacher's favorite book of all time. Her second favorite book? Probably something equally dull. "

" I've tried reading this about eighteen times. Still haven't finished it. My wife says that this is her history teacher's favorite book of all time. Her second favorite book? Probably something equally dull. "

" Solid 3 1/2 - 4 stars.Loads of description and not as haunting as I would have liked, but still really good.Extremely, extremely well written though a bit heavy handed.I feel smarter after reading it :) "

" Solid 3 1/2 - 4 stars.Loads of description and not as haunting as I would have liked, but still really good.Extremely, extremely well written though a bit heavy handed.I feel smarter after reading it :) "

" Solid 3 1/2 - 4 stars.Loads of description and not as haunting as I would have liked, but still really good.Extremely, extremely well written though a bit heavy handed.I feel smarter after reading it :) "

" I had to read this for school, and surprisingly enough it wasn't terrible! The descriptions were interesting and the style of the narration made it interesting. "

" I had to read this for school, and surprisingly enough it wasn't terrible! The descriptions were interesting and the style of the narration made it interesting. "

" Almost done with this - so good, and either I've forgotten or I've never read it before. "

" Almost done with this - so good, and either I've forgotten or I've never read it before. "

" Almost done with this - so good, and either I've forgotten or I've never read it before. "

" Another great story by Hawthorne, full of Gothic elements and all types of social commentary. The only reason this one isn't getting a 5 star rating is that the ending was weak and appeared to negate the overall societal themes of the novel. "

" Another great story by Hawthorne, full of Gothic elements and all types of social commentary. The only reason this one isn't getting a 5 star rating is that the ending was weak and appeared to negate the overall societal themes of the novel. "

" Another great story by Hawthorne, full of Gothic elements and all types of social commentary. The only reason this one isn't getting a 5 star rating is that the ending was weak and appeared to negate the overall societal themes of the novel. "

" Loved it! The Great American Novel! "

" Loved it! The Great American Novel! "

" Loved it! The Great American Novel! "

" Loved it! The Great American Novel! "

" I should read this again, its been since high school and next week we are touring the house near Boston. In HS I thought it was boring, but I was pretty young at the time, maybe it aged better or maybe I did. "

" I should read this again, its been since high school and next week we are touring the house near Boston. In HS I thought it was boring, but I was pretty young at the time, maybe it aged better or maybe I did. "

" A classic, I am told. I read it in HS and reread because we went to the house on vacation last year. Rereading did not make it any more interesting that I remember from years. ago. "

" A classic, I am told. I read it in HS and reread because we went to the house on vacation last year. Rereading did not make it any more interesting that I remember from years. ago. "

" A classic, I am told. I read it in HS and reread because we went to the house on vacation last year. Rereading did not make it any more interesting that I remember from years. ago. "

" Hmm, not my favorite, although I want to head down to Salem and tour the house now! "

" Hmm, not my favorite, although I want to head down to Salem and tour the house now! "

" Hmm, not my favorite, although I want to head down to Salem and tour the house now! "

" Hmm, not my favorite, although I want to head down to Salem and tour the house now! "