The House of the Seven Gables"[The] sympathy or magnetism among human beings is more subtle and universalthan we think; it exists, indeed, among different classes of organized life, and vibratesfrom one to another" (Hawthorne 178). Loosely based on the events of Hawthorne's ownlife, The House of th...

Katherine Frank\'s novel, \"A Voyager Out,\" tells the life story of Mary Kingsley talks of her childhood, her young adult life, and her traveling life. She wanted to tell the world what this woman explorer did for Africa. Mary Kingsley had a famous family, many of whom were writers. Mary herself wr...