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The Scarlet Letter Nathaniel Hawthorne

The Scarlet Letter By Nathaniel Hawthorne

The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne


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Summary

Part of Alma Classics Evergreen series, The Scarlet Letter is here presented with an extensive section on Hawthorne's life and works.

The Scarlet Letter Summary

The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne

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.

The Scarlet Letter 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

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.

Additional information

GOR007247322
9781847494214
1847494218
The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne
Used - Very Good
Paperback
Alma Books Ltd
20150615
240
N/A
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