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Pearl

Pearl

by Christopher Bigsby (Author)

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    Paperback 1996

    $3.60
Synopsis

Completing the sequence begun with Hester, the prequel to Hawthorne's The Scarlet Letter, this free-standing historical novel returns Pearl to Norwich, and her tainted inheritance. Hester Prynne's daughter has returned to England to claim the inheritance and property from which her mother fled. Although a determined young woman of twenty, she is not prepared for the forces determined to withstand her claims.

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Format: Paperback
 Pages: 256
 Edition: New edition
 Publisher: Phoenix
Published: 05 Feb 1996
ISBN 10: 1857993764
ISBN 13: 9781857993769
Book Overview: A fine literary novel written in a powerful, poetic voice. Sequel to Nathaniel Hawthorne's classic The Scarlet Letter Hester received excellent reviews: Hester is an imaginative extension of The Scarlet Letter, written with the wisdoms of twentieth-century hindsight - it is also a shrewd and emotive novel in its own right. The account of the Atlantic crossing is a tour de force Penelope Lively A very good read Doris Lessing Great power and beauty Barry Unsworth, Daily Telegraph

Author Bio
Christopher Bigsby is |Professor of American Studies at the University of East Anglia, and is Director of the Arthur Miller Centre there.