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1、INTRODUCTORYNOTE.THEHOUSEOFTHESEVENGABLES.INSeptemberoftheyearduringtheFebruaryofwhichHawthornehadcompleted"TheScarletLetter,"hebegan"TheHouseoftheSevenGables."Meanwhile,hehadremovedfromSalemtoLenox,inBerkshireCounty,Massachusetts,whereheoccupiedwithhisfamilyasmallredwoodenhouse,sti
2、llstandingatthedateofthisedition,neartheStockbridgeBowl."Isha'n'thavethenewstoryreadybyNovember,"heexplainedtohispublisher,onthe1stofOctober,"forIamnevergoodforanythingintheliterarywaytillafterthefirstautumnalfrost,whichhassomewhatsuchaneffectonmyimaginationthatitdoesonthefoliageher
3、eaboutme-multiplyingandbrighteningitshues."ButbyvigorousapplicationhewasabletocompletethenewworkaboutthemiddleoftheJanuaryfollowing.SinceresearchhasdisclosedthemannerinwhichtheromanceisinterwovenwithincidentsfromthehistoryoftheHawthornefamily,"TheHouseoftheSevenGables"hasacquiredani
4、nterestapartfromthatbywhichitfirstappealedtothepublic.JohnHathorne(asthenamewasthenspelled),thegreat-grandfatherofNathanielHawthorne,wasamagistrateatSaleminthelatterpartoftheseventeenthcentury,andofficiatedatthefamoustrialsforwitchcraftheldthere.Itisofrecordthatheusedpeculiarseverit
5、ytowardsacertainwomanwhowasamongtheaccused;andthehusbandofthiswomanprophesiedthatGodwouldtakerevengeuponhiswife'spersecutors.ThiscircumstancedoubtlessfurnishedahintforthatpieceoftraditioninthebookwhichrepresentsaPyncheonofaformergenerationashavingpersecutedoneMaule,whodeclaredthatGo
6、dwouldgivehisenemy"bloodtodrink."ItbecameaconvictionwithTheHawthornefamilythatacursehadbeenpronounceduponitsmembers,whichcontinuedinforceinthetimeofTheromancer;aconvictionperhapsderivedfromtherecordedprophecyofTheinjuredwoman'shusband,justmentioned;and,hereagain,wehaveacorrespondenc
7、ewithMaule'smaledictioninThestory.Furthermore,thereoccursinThe"AmericanNote-Books"(August27,1837),areminiscenceofTheauthor'sfamily,tothefollowingeffect.PhilipEnglish,acharacterwell-knowninearlySalemannals,wasamongthosewhosufferedfromJohnHathorne'smagisterialharshness,andhemaintained
8、inconsequencealasti
