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The Scarlet Letter (Alma Classics Evergreens)
Nathaniel Hawthorne
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Description for The Scarlet Letter (Alma Classics Evergreens)
Paperback. Part of Alma Classics Evergreen series, The Scarlet Letter is here presented with an extensive section on Hawthorne's life and works. Series: Alma Classics Evergreens. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 128 x 20. Weight in Grams: 228.
Having been found guilty of adultery, Hester Prynne is forced to wear an embroidered scarlet letter A as a punishment for her sin. While her vengeful husband embarks on a quest to discover the identity of her lover, she is left to face the consequences of her infidelity and find a place for herself and her illegitimate child in the hostile environment of seventeenth-century Puritan Boston. Nathaniel Hawthorne's tense narrative astonished readers with its unparalleled psychological depth when it first appeared, and the novel now stands as one of America's literary landmarks.
Having been found guilty of adultery, Hester Prynne is forced to wear an embroidered scarlet letter A as a punishment for her sin. While her vengeful husband embarks on a quest to discover the identity of her lover, she is left to face the consequences of her infidelity and find a place for herself and her illegitimate child in the hostile environment of seventeenth-century Puritan Boston. Nathaniel Hawthorne's tense narrative astonished readers with its unparalleled psychological depth when it first appeared, and the novel now stands as one of America's literary landmarks.
Product Details
Publisher
Alma Classics
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Series
Alma Classics Evergreens
Condition
New
Number of Pages
240
Place of Publication
Richmond, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781847494214
SKU
V9781847494214
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Ref
99-15
About Nathaniel Hawthorne
Inspired by the Puritan past of his native New England, Nathaniel Hawthorne became a pivotal figure in the history of American literature, notably with his masterpiece, The Scarlet Letter.
Reviews for The Scarlet Letter (Alma Classics Evergreens)
One of the greatest allegories in all literature.
D.H. Lawrence The books of Hawthorne... should be sold by the hundred thousand, and read by the million; and admired by everyone who is capable of admiration.
Herman Melville We look upon him as one of the few men of indisputable genius to whom our country has as yet given ... Read more
D.H. Lawrence The books of Hawthorne... should be sold by the hundred thousand, and read by the million; and admired by everyone who is capable of admiration.
Herman Melville We look upon him as one of the few men of indisputable genius to whom our country has as yet given ... Read more