The House of the Seven Gables' Hawthorne Title Septet is a crossword puzzle that references the six novels and one short story written by Nathaniel Hawthorne. The solution to the puzzle is 'GABLES, ' which refers to Hawthorne's novel, 'The House of the Seven Gables.' Published in 1851, the novel follows the Pyncheon family, who are cursed by their ancestor's misdeeds and must confront the consequences of their past.