In1828,thebankruptPyncheonfamilyfightoverSevenGables,theancestralmansion.Toobtainthehouse,JaffreyPyncheonobtainshisbrotherClifford'sfalseconvictionformurder.Hepzibah,Clifford'ssweetfiancée,patientlywaitstwentyyearsforhisrelease,whereuponCliffordandhisformercellmate,abolitionistMatthew,haveacertainschemeinmind.
