The Scarlet Letter
The Scarlet Letter
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The story of Hester Prynne, taken in adultery, arraigned by her puritan community and abandoned by her husband and her lover. Combining moral force, austere beauty and psychology, it is a narrative which provides the framework for the author's reflections on the metaphysics of good and evil.
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The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne
Nathaniel Hawthorne's timeless classic novel of puritanism, adultery and redemption. When Hester Prynne bears an illegitimate child she is introduced to the ugliness, complexity, and ultimately the strength of the human spirit. Though set in Puritan community centuries ago, the moral dilemmas of personal responsibility, and consuming emotions of guilt, anger, loyalty and revenge are timeless. This New Updated Collector's Edition Contains the FUL TEXT of Hawthorne's original published manuscript and new introduction by the author's son, Julian Hawthorne. An iridescent classic, timeless through the ages - The Atlantic Monthly Nathaniel Hawthorne recaptured, for his New England, the essence of Greek tragedy. - Malcolm Cowley Still resonates soundly even with modern readers - BookKnome Reviews
Nathaniel Hawthorne was born on 4th July 1804 in Salem, Massachusetts. One of his descendants was John Hathorne who presided over the Salem Witch Trials of 1692. Hawthorne's father died when he was four years old. He was educated at Bowdoin College where he became friends with the poet Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. He published his first novel, Fanshawe in 1828 and after this his stories began to appear in periodicals. He in 1842 and he and his wife Sophia went on to have three children. He published his most famous work, The Scarlet Letter, in 1850, and in that same year he became friends with the novelist Herman Melville. Melville later dedicated Moby Dick to Hawthorne. Between 1853 and 1860 he lived in Liverpool in England while he was working as an American consul, and then in Italy, before returning to his home in Concord, Massachusetts. Nathaniel Hawthorne died on 19th May 1864.
| SKU | Unavailable |
| ISBN 13 | 9781857151251 |
| ISBN 10 | 1857151259 |
| Title | The Scarlet Letter |
| Author | Nathaniel Hawthorne |
| Series | Everyman's Library Classics |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Everyman |
| Year published | 1992-10-08 |
| Number of pages | 352 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
| Note | Unavailable |