{"product_id":"house-of-seven-gables-paperback-book-1320l","title":"The House of the Seven Gables Paperback Book (1320L)","description":"\u003cp\u003eA gloomy New England mansion provides the setting for this classic exploration of ancestral guilt and its expiation through love and goodwill of succeeding generations.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNathaniel Hawthorne drew inspiration for this story of an immorally obtained property from the role his forebears played in the 17th-century Salem witch trials. Built over an unquiet grave, the House of the Seven Gables carries a dying man's curse that blights the lives of its residents for over two centuries. Now Judge Jaffrey Pyncheon, an iron-hearted hypocrite and intellectual heir to the mansion's unscrupulous founder, is attempting to railroad a pair of elderly relatives out of the house. Only two young people stand in his way—a visiting country cousin and an enigmatic boarder skilled in mesmerism.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eLexile Measure:\u003c\/b\u003e 1320L\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e©1999. 224 pages, paperback, 5 by 8 inches, middle school\/high school.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Teacher's Discovery","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48201116287160,"sku":"4B1109","price":3.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0665\/8516\/6008\/files\/4B1109_1.jpg?v=1717521826","url":"https:\/\/teachersdiscovery.com\/products\/house-of-seven-gables-paperback-book-1320l","provider":"Teacher's Discovery","version":"1.0","type":"link"}