The Scarlet Letter - Softcover

Hawthorne, Nathaniel

 
9780451526083: The Scarlet Letter

Synopsis

Hawthorne's monumental novel of sexual mores in Puritan New England retraces the classic triangle between a young woman, her aging husband, and her cowardly cleric lover. Reissue.

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Review

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

From the Publisher

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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