Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Introduction vii
4. Contributors vii
5. Note on the Text xxxi
6. Chronology of Nathaniel Hawthorne’s Life xxxiii
7. THE HOUSE OF THE SEVEN GABLES
8. Preface 1
9. I. The Old Pyncheon Family 5
10. II. The Little Shop-Window 30
11. III. The First Customer 42
12. IV. A Day Behind the Counter 56
13. V. May and November 71
14. VI. Maule’s Well 87
15. VII. The Guest 98
16. VIII. The Pyncheon of To-Day 115
17. IX. Clifford and Phoebe 133
18. X. The Pyncheon-Garden 145
19. XI. The Arched Window 159
20. XII. The Daguerreotypist 173
21. XIII. Alice Pyncheon 187
22. XIV. Phoebe’s Good Bye 211
23. XV. The Scowl and Smile 223
24. XVI. Clifford’s Chamber 240
25. XVII. The Flight of Two Owls 253
26. XVIII. Governor Pyncheon 268
27. XIX. Alice’s Posies 284
28. XX. The Flower of Eden 301
29. XXI. The Departure 311
30. Selected Bibliography 323