# Hepzibah Pyncheon — The House of the Seven Gables character guide

> Hepzibah Pyncheon in The House of the Seven Gables by Nathaniel Hawthorne.

**Role:** major

**Also known as:** Miss Hepzibah, Hepzibah, old Hepzibah, Miss Pyncheon, Hepzibah Pyncheon, poor Hepzibah

**First appearance:** 0001-the-house-of-the-seven-gables

## Who they are

The reclusive, impoverished spinster who opens a shop to support herself and Clifford.

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