The Scarlet Letter
A Romance
$21.08
- Paperback
288 pages
- Release Date
15 August 2014
Summary
Nathaniel Hawthorne’s masterpiece, an iconic fable of guilt and redemption set in Puritan Massachusetts, has long been considered one of the greatest American novels.
The story of Hester Prynne—found out in adultery, pilloried by her Puritan community, and abandoned, in different ways, by both her partner in sin and her vengeance-seeking husband—possesses a reality heightened by Hawthorne’s sympathy and his unmixed devotion to his supposedly fallen but fundamentally innocent heroine.<…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780804171571 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0804171572 |
| Author: | Nathaniel Hawthorne |
| Publisher: | Random House USA Inc |
| Imprint: | Bantam Books Inc |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 288 |
| Edition: | 2nd |
| Release Date: | 15 August 2014 |
| Weight: | 210g |
| Dimensions: | 201mm x 132mm x 16mm |
| Series: | Vintage Classics |
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”[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), born in Salem, Massachusetts, is the author of The House of the Seven Gables, Mosses from an Old Manse, The Blithedale Romance, and The Marble Faun, among others. His many famous short stories include “Young Goodman Brown,” “Rappaccini’s Daughter,” and “The Artist of the Beautiful.”
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