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Which American author wrote the 1851 novel 'The House of the Seven Gables,' set in Salem, Massachusetts?
Answer
Nathaniel Hawthorne
Nathaniel Hawthorne published 'The House of the Seven Gables' in 1851, drawing on the history of Salem and his own family's Puritan past, including an ancestor who served as a judge in the Salem witch trials.
💡 Did you know?
Hawthorne added a 'w' to his surname to distance himself from his ancestor John Hathorne, the only Salem witch trial judge who never repented.
Other options people guess
- Edgar Allan Poe
- Washington Irving
- Henry David Thoreau
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- american-literature
- nathaniel-hawthorne
- gothic
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