# The house of five gables

Author: Holmes, Mary Johnson

Genre: Category: Historical Novels

Language: English

License: Public domain

Source: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/69741

Amazon editions: https://www.amazon.com/s?k=The+house+of+five+gables+Holmes&tag=cyberlibrar00-20

## Summary

Many years ago there stood on a high bluff over-looking the island which is now the site of a portion of Wheeling, West Virginia, a house known far and near as the house of five gables. It was built of sand-stone and brick; the gables were of wood; it was not a thing of beauty, and a beholder seeing it for the first time, was sure to pause and exclaim at its rare ugliness, which enchained the eye; and its quaint irregular shape appealed in a way to one’s feelings, much as a crippled, mishapen being might have done. It had not always been thus. It began life as a modest story-and-a-half cottage, and for several years could only boast of two gables, but with a change of owners there came a...

## Chapters

- [CHAPTER IV.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-house-of-five-gables-69741/chapters/11/index.md)
- [CHAPTER V.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-house-of-five-gables-69741/chapters/12/index.md)
- [CHAPTER II.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-house-of-five-gables-69741/chapters/9/index.md)
- [CHAPTER IV.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-house-of-five-gables-69741/chapters/4/index.md)
- [CHAPTER I.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-house-of-five-gables-69741/chapters/17/index.md)
- [CHAPTER VIII.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-house-of-five-gables-69741/chapters/15/index.md)
- [CHAPTER I.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-house-of-five-gables-69741/chapters/1/index.md)
- [CHAPTER V.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-house-of-five-gables-69741/chapters/21/index.md)
- [CHAPTER III.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-house-of-five-gables-69741/chapters/19/index.md)
- [CHAPTER IV.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-house-of-five-gables-69741/chapters/20/index.md)
- [CHAPTER V.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-house-of-five-gables-69741/chapters/5/index.md)
- [CHAPTER I.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-house-of-five-gables-69741/chapters/8/index.md)
- [CHAPTER VI.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-house-of-five-gables-69741/chapters/13/index.md)
- [CHAPTER III.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-house-of-five-gables-69741/chapters/3/index.md)
- [CHAPTER VI.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-house-of-five-gables-69741/chapters/6/index.md)
- [CHAPTER III.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-house-of-five-gables-69741/chapters/10/index.md)
- [CHAPTER II.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-house-of-five-gables-69741/chapters/2/index.md)
- [CHAPTER VII.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-house-of-five-gables-69741/chapters/7/index.md)
- [CHAPTER IX.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-house-of-five-gables-69741/chapters/16/index.md)
- [CHAPTER VII.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-house-of-five-gables-69741/chapters/14/index.md)
- [CHAPTER II.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-house-of-five-gables-69741/chapters/18/index.md)