| The Scarlet Letter Contributor(s): Hawthorne, Nathaniel (Author) |
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ISBN: 0553210092 ISBN-13: 9780553210095 Publisher: Bantam Classics OUR PRICE: $4.46 Product Type: Mass Market Paperbound - Other Formats Published: February 1981 Annotation: Hailed by Henry James as "the finest piece of imaginative writing yet put forth in the country," Nathaniel Hawthorne's "The Scarlet Letter reaches to our nation's historical and moral roots for the material of great tragedy. Set in an early New England colony, the novel shows the terrible impact a single, passionate act has on the lives of three members of the community: the defiant Hester Prynne; the fiery, tortured Reverend Dimmesdale; and the obsessed, vengeful Chillingworth. With "The Scarlet Letter, Hawthorne became the first American novelist to forge from our Puritan heritage a universal classic, a masterful exploration of humanity's unending struggle with sin, guilt and pride. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Classics - Fiction | Literary - Fiction | Historical - General |
| Dewey: FIC |
| LCCN: 00002965 |
| Lexile Measure: 410 |
| Series: Bantam Classics |
| Physical Information: 0.56" H x 4.27" W x 6.9" (0.28 lbs) 247 pages |
| Themes: - Theometrics - Secular - Theometrics - Classic - Cultural Region - New England - Cultural Region - Northeast U.S. - Chronological Period - 17th Century |
| Accelerated Reader Info |
| Quiz #: 716 Reading Level: 11.7 Interest Level: Upper Grades Point Value: 14.0 |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Hailed by Henry James as "the finest piece of imaginative writing yet put forth in the country," Nathaniel Hawthorne's The Scarlet Letter reaches to our nation's historical and moral roots for the material of great tragedy. Set in an early New England colony, the novel shows the terrible impact a single, passionate act has on the lives of three members of the community: the defiant Hester Prynne; the fiery, tortured Reverend Dimmesdale; and the obsessed, vengeful Chillingworth. With The Scarlet Letter, Hawthorne became the first American novelist to forge from our Puritan heritage a universal classic, a masterful exploration of humanity's unending struggle with sin, guilt and pride. |