Gothic Settings: Ancestral Homes

It’s time for another installment of Gothic Settings, a series of posts in which I explore recurring landscapes and structures that serve as the backdrop to innumerable Gothic stories. So far, we’ve explored such iconic settings as the classic castle and the romantic moors. This week’s setting is one of my very favorites: the ancestral home. 

Black and white photograph of the House of the Seven Gables in Salem
Early-20th-century photo of the House of the Seven Gables in Salem, the real-life inspiration for Hawthorne’s novel.

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