The House of the Seven Gables (Cliffs Notes)

Rating:
Summary: Absolutely Essential
Review: This little Cliffsnotes book absolutely saved my live in high school, when I was forced to write a term paper about this boring, plodding, stupefying, over-written, under-communicated, turgid, nauseating, putrid novel by Nate Hawthorne.

Cliffsnotes didn't make the real book any more interesting or valuable, but it certainly simplified the tale such that it could be understood and then written about. If you are ever unlucky enough to find yourself in a situation where you are forced to read HOSG, then you need to buy these Cliffsnotes immediately.