The Scarlet Letter: Nathaniel Hawthorne

by Nathaniel Hawthorne (Author), Nina Baym (Introduction)

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Paperback
2016
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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.

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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.

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Format: Paperback
Pages: 288
Edition: 1
Publisher: Penguin Classics
Published: 24 Mar 2016
ISBN 10: 0143107666
ISBN 13: 9780143107668
Book Overview: The canonical American masterpiece of sin, guilt, and revenge, in an authoritative new edition from Penguin Classics with a foreword by Tom Perrotta

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

Author Bio

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.