The Scarlet Letter (World's Classics S.) - Softcover

Hawthorne, Nathaniel

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9780192817532: The Scarlet Letter (World's Classics S.)

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0192817531 ISBN 13: 9780192817532

Publisher: Oxford Paperbacks, 1990

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This classic of American literature is the tale of a passionate woman who challenges the system of moral authority and places belief in the higher law of her own heart. She is sternly judged by the Puritans of her society, but viewed more ambiguously by the author himself.

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

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Contains an 8-page plate section with long-unavailable pictures and drawings relating to Nathaniel Hawthorne and The Scarlet Letter.

Thoroughly edited and extensively annotated

Includes a 10,000-word section on Nathaniel Hawthorne's life and works, with a longer chapter on The Scarlet Letter, anecdotes, critical perspectives, adaptations and spin-offs

Lavishly produced on natural, high-quality paper, and affordably priced

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