Scarlet Letter (Penguin Readers (Graded Readers)) - Softcover

Hawthorne, Nathaniel

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0582421764 ISBN 13: 9780582421769

Publisher: Longman, 2000

Synopsis

Hester Prynne is a young wife who has sinned in the eyes of her society. In the rigid moral climate of 17th-century New England, she endures a harsh punishment. Hester has to draw on her inner strength of spirit. She is one of the finest heroines of American fiction.

This American classic is a troubling story of crime, sin, guilt and punishment.

About this title

Review:

"All in all, a welcome addition to the Americanist's library." -- Joel Porte, Ernest I. White Professor of American Studies and Human Letters, Cornell University

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

About this edition

• Publisher: Longman
• Publication date: 2000
• ISBN 10: 0582421764
• ISBN 13: 9780582421769
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 48