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The Scarlet Letter
Nathaniel Hawthorne
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Description for The Scarlet Letter
Paperback. The mother of the child, Hester Prynne, is publicly disgraced and ostracized but emerges as the first true heroine of American fiction. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 18. Weight in Grams: 240.
The classic American novel, rejacketed with a new foreword by Tom Perotta and introduction by Hawthorne scholar Robert Milder Set in the harsh Puritan community of 17th century Boston, this is a tale of an adulterous entanglement that results in an illegitimate birth. The mother of the child, Hester Prynne, is publicly disgraced and ostracized but emerges as the first true heroine of American fiction.
The classic American novel, rejacketed with a new foreword by Tom Perotta and introduction by Hawthorne scholar Robert Milder Set in the harsh Puritan community of 17th century Boston, this is a tale of an adulterous entanglement that results in an illegitimate birth. The mother of the child, Hester Prynne, is publicly disgraced and ostracized but emerges as the first true heroine of American fiction.
Product Details
Publisher
Penguin Classics
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
Number of Pages
288
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780143107668
SKU
V9780143107668
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Ref
99-99
About Nathaniel Hawthorne
Nathaniel Hawthorne (1804-1864) was born in Salem, Massachusetts, where he wrote the bulk of his masterful tales of American colonial history. His career as a novelist began with The Scarlet Letter (1850) and also includes The house of the Seven Gables, The Blithedale Romance, and The Marble Faun.
Reviews for The Scarlet Letter
[Nathaniel Hawthorne] recaptured, for his New England, the essence of Greek tragedy.
Malcolm Cowley
Malcolm Cowley