# The House of the Seven Gables — Chapters explained

> Chapter companions for The House of the Seven Gables by Nathaniel Hawthorne.

- [The House of the Seven Gables](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_house_of_the_seven_gables_se/chapters/the-house-of-the-seven-gables.md): This opening chapter introduces the ancient Pyncheon house with its seven gables, tracing its history back to Colonel Pyncheon who built it on land taken from Matthew Maule. The narrative describes the house's gloomy app
- [The Old Pyncheon Family](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_house_of_the_seven_gables_se/chapters/i-the-old-pyncheon-family.md): The chapter introduces the House of the Seven Gables, its history, and the Pyncheon family lineage, tracing back to Colonel Pyncheon's acquisition of the land from Matthew Maule. It explores the curse placed by Maule, th
- [II: The Little Shopwindow](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_house_of_the_seven_gables_se/chapters/ii-the-little-shopwindow.md): Hepzibah Pyncheon, after a sleepless night and a morning of anxious prayer and preparation, opens a cent-shop in the basement of the House of the Seven Gables, overcoming her deep-seated pride and fear as she steps into 
- [III: The First Customer](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_house_of_the_seven_gables_se/chapters/iii-the-first-customer.md): Hepzibah Pyncheon, overwhelmed by anxiety and despair on the morning she opens her cent-shop, is visited by Holgrave, the daguerreotypist, who offers encouragement and becomes her first customer. After he leaves, her spi
- [IV: A Day Behind the Counter](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_house_of_the_seven_gables_se/chapters/iv-a-day-behind-the-counter.md): Hepzibah Pyncheon struggles through her first day as a shopkeeper, haunted by the legacy of her ancestor Colonel Pyncheon and the looming presence of her cousin Judge Jaffrey Pyncheon. She retreats into fantasies of inhe

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- [May and November](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_house_of_the_seven_gables_se/chapters/v-may-and-november.md)
- [Maule's Well](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_house_of_the_seven_gables_se/chapters/vi-maule-s-well.md)
- [The Guest](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_house_of_the_seven_gables_se/chapters/vii-the-guest.md)
- [VIII: The Pyncheon of Today](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_house_of_the_seven_gables_se/chapters/viii-the-pyncheon-of-today.md)
- [IX: Clifford and Phoebe](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_house_of_the_seven_gables_se/chapters/ix-clifford-and-phoebe.md)
- [The Pyncheon Garden](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_house_of_the_seven_gables_se/chapters/x-the-pyncheon-garden.md)
- [XI: The Arched Window](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_house_of_the_seven_gables_se/chapters/xi-the-arched-window.md)
- [XII: The Daguerreotypist](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_house_of_the_seven_gables_se/chapters/xii-the-daguerreotypist.md)
- [Alice Pyncheon](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_house_of_the_seven_gables_se/chapters/xiii-alice-pyncheon.md)
- [XIV: Phoebe’s Goodbye](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_house_of_the_seven_gables_se/chapters/xiv-phoebe-s-goodbye.md)
- [XV: The Scowl and Smile](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_house_of_the_seven_gables_se/chapters/xv-the-scowl-and-smile.md)
- [XVI: Clifford's Chamber](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_house_of_the_seven_gables_se/chapters/xvi-clifford-s-chamber.md)
- [XVII: The Flight of Two Owls](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_house_of_the_seven_gables_se/chapters/xvii-the-flight-of-two-owls.md)
- [Governor Pyncheon](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_house_of_the_seven_gables_se/chapters/xviii-governor-pyncheon.md)
- [XIX: Alice’s Posies](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_house_of_the_seven_gables_se/chapters/xix-alice-s-posies.md)
- [XX: The Flower of Eden](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_house_of_the_seven_gables_se/chapters/xx-the-flower-of-eden.md)
- [The Departure](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_house_of_the_seven_gables_se/chapters/xxi-the-departure.md)

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