| The Scarlet Letter Contributor(s): Hawthorne, Nathaniel (Author) |
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ISBN: 1544269234 ISBN-13: 9781544269238 Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform OUR PRICE: $14.48 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: March 2017 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Romance - General |
| Lexile Measure: 410 |
| Physical Information: 0.65" H x 6" W x 9" (0.91 lbs) 308 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: The Scarlet Letter: A Romance is an 1850 work of ction in a historical setting, written by American author Nathaniel Hawthorne. The book is considered to be his "masterwork." Set in 17th- century Puritan Massachusetts Bay Colony, during the years 1642 to 1649, it tells the story of Hester Prynne, who conceives a daughter through an affair and struggles to create a new life of repentance and dignity. Throughout the book, Hawthorne explores themes of legalism, sin, and guilt. In this introduction, This combination of "dreaminess" and realism gave the author space to explore major themes. 20th-century writer D. H. Lawrence said that there could not be a more perfect work of the American imagination than The Scarlet Letter. Henry James once said of the novel, "It is beautiful, admirable, extraordinary; it has in the highest degree that merit which I have spoken of as the mark of Hawthorne's best things |