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The House of the Seven Gables is a Gothic novel by American writer Nathaniel Hawthorne, first published in 1851. It follows members of the Pyncheon family and the inherited consequences of a long-standing accusation and curse tied to their Massachusetts house. The novel combines family history, psyc...
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Established American Gothic classic with strong atmosphere and symbolism; dense prose, slow pacing, and heavy allegory temper modern reader enthusiasm.
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A Line to Kill is a 2021 crime novel by Anthony Horowitz and the third book in the Hawthorne and Horowitz series. The story sends private investigator Daniel Hawthorne and a fictionalized Horowitz to a literary festival on Alderney, where a wealthy local man is murdered. Its investigation combines a...
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Enjoyable Hawthorne-Horowitz entry with festival setting and meta narration; solid but not Horowitz's strongest.
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