In 1828, the bankrupt Pyncheon family fight over Seven Gables, the ancestral mansion. To obtain the house, Jaffrey Pyncheon obtains his brother Clifford's false conviction for murder. Hepzibah, Clifford's sweet fiancée, patiently waits twenty years for his release, whereupon Clifford and his former cellmate, abolitionist Matthew, have a certain scheme in mind.
这部作品基于奥斯曼帝国崩溃时期关于“被诅咒的房子”的传闻。故事讲述了不情愿地作为新娘来到阴暗的伊斯坦布尔大宅的菲克里耶,以及这座大宅神秘的主人纳西特·内菲·埃芬迪,他们将踏上一段揭开过去黑暗秘密的旅程。