{"product_id":"the-house-of-the-seven-gables-hardcover-4","title":"The House of the Seven Gables - Hardcover","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eNathaniel Hawthorne\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eAlex Katz\u003c\/b\u003e (Illustrator)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAlex Katz illustrates Hawthorne's classic gothic tale of Puritan New England\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhile enrolled in an illustration course at Cooper Union in 1948, Alex Katz (born 1927) created nine ink drawings to accompany Nathaniel Hawthorne's gothic romance, \u003ci\u003eThe House of the Seven Gables\u003c\/i\u003e. Published a century earlier, in 1851, Hawthorne's classic novel is a solemn study of greed, guilt and atonement under the Puritan moral code of 19th-century New England, inspired by the curse pronounced on Hawthorne's own family by a condemned woman during the Salem Witch Trials of 1692.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNathaniel Hawthorne\u003c\/b\u003e (1804-64) was one of the most influential American writers of the 19th century, known for his darkly romantic stories and novels such as \u003ci\u003eThe Scarlet Letter\u003c\/i\u003e. He was born in Salem, Massachusetts, and belonged to a prominent circle of New England-based writers and philosophers including Ralph Waldo Emerson, Henry David Thoreau and Louisa May Alcott.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAlex Katz\u003c\/b\u003e (born 1927) is a New York-based artist known for his large-scale Pop-inspired canvases of two-dimensional figures set against monochrome backgrounds. For over seven decades, his work has been the subject of hundreds of solo and group exhibitions worldwide.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 288\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.2 x 9.4 x 6.8 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e July 19, 2022\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44393020129331,"sku":"9781949172720","price":91.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0693\/2191\/6467\/files\/alpkNmpzWWI1TU5wNjc4RVErSVBXZz09.webp?v=1780369299","url":"https:\/\/thereadinghousebookcompany.com\/products\/the-house-of-the-seven-gables-hardcover-4","provider":"The Reading House Book Company","version":"1.0","type":"link"}