The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne - ISBN: 9780143107668
Paperback
Sin, guilt, and revenge ignite a community in Puritan New England.

The Scarlet Letter

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  • Paperback

    288 pages

  • Release Date

    29 February 2016

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Summary

One of the central novels in the American canon with a new foreword by Tom Perrotta and introduction by Hawthorne scholar Robert Milder

The canonical American masterpiece of sin, guilt, and revenge, in an authoritative new edition from Penguin Classics with a foreword by Tom Perrotta.

At once retrospective and radically new, The Scarlet Letter portrays seventeenth-century Puritan New England, a time period irreversibly encoded in the American identity. Hawthorne built…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9780143107668
ISBN-10:0143107666
Author:Nathaniel Hawthorne, Nina Baym
Publisher:Penguin Books Ltd
Imprint:Penguin Classics
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:288
Release Date:29 February 2016
Weight:227g
Dimensions:197mm x 130mm x 18mm
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Critics Review

”[Nathaniel Hawthorne] recaptured, for his New England, the essence of Greek tragedy.” –Malcolm Cowley

“[Nathaniel Hawthorne] recaptured, for his New England, the essence of Greek tragedy.”—Malcolm Cowley

About The Author

Nathaniel Hawthorne

Nathaniel Hawthorne (1804-1864) was born in Salem, Massachusetts, where he wrote the bulk of his masterful tales of colonial American history.

Tom Perrotta (foreword) is the author of two short story collections and six novels, including Election, Little Children, and The Leftovers, which has been adapted for television by HBO. He lives in Boston.

Robert Milder (introduction) is a professor of English at Washington University in St. Louis. He is the author of three books, including Hawthorne’s Habitations- A Literary Life.

Thomas E. Connolly (notes; 1918-2002) was a literary critic and professor of English at the University of Buffalo.

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