Jaffrey is the uncle of Hepzibah and Clifford, and the youngest member of the central family, Phoebe, marries a daguerreotypist named Holgrave.
Several characters in this novel all die in a great oak chair beneath a portrait of a prominent ancestor. Minor characters in this novel include Ned Higgins, who eats gingerbread cookies, and the ghost Alice, who died of shame after being hypnotized in an attempt to locate deeds to Indian land. The patriarch of the central family in this novel was cursed by the wizard Matthew Maule. Jaffrey is the uncle of Hepzibah and Clifford, and the youngest member of the central family, Phoebe, marries a daguerreotypist named Holgrave. For 10 points, name this novel about the titular home of the Pyncheon family, written by Nathaniel Hawthorne.
Several characters in this novel all die in a great oak chair beneath a portrait of a prominent ancestor.
The House of the Seven Gables