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From: Monarch Notes
Date: 19630101
Author:Hawthorne, Nathaniel

Hawthorne, Nathaniel
Monarch Notes
01-01-1963
The House Of The Seven Gables: Chapters 17 - 21

Chapter XVII: "The Flight Of Two Owls"

Synopsis:

Hepzibah and Clifford take a train trip, during which Clifford has an
exciting conversation with a fellow passenger. Clifford discusses the past,
travel, houses, a man of wickedness, an "old seven-gabled mansion," and new
inventions.

Detailed Analysis:

Hepzibah and Clifford walk down Pyncheon Street. She notes, once in a
while, that through him there is a quaking, causing him to quiver; he smiles
broadly; he acts as if he wants "to skip." On this ...

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