The Scarlet Letter (Alma Classics Evergreens): Nathaniel Hawthorne

The Scarlet Letter (Alma Classics Evergreens): Nathaniel Hawthorne

by NathanielHawthorne (Author)

Synopsis

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.

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Format: Paperback
Pages: 240
Edition: 1
Publisher: Alma Classics
Published: 15 Jun 2015

ISBN 10: 1847494218
ISBN 13: 9781847494214

Media Reviews
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 birth. -- Edgar Allan Poe
The finest piece of imaginative writing yet put forth in the country. -- Henry James
Author Bio
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.