Scarlet Letter - Nathanial Hawthorne (Paperback)
Product Details
- Barcode
- 9781848373235
- Department
- Books
- Released
- 1 Aug 2009
- Supply Source
- UK
Book
- Binding
- Paperback
- Publisher
- Arcturus Publishing Ltd
- Series
- Arcturus Classics
- Language
- English
- Number of Pages
- 224
- Dimensions
- 198 x 129 x 14mm (170g)
Summary
It is considered a masterpiece of American literature and a
classic moral study. The novel is set in a village in Puritan New
England. The main character is Hester Prynne, a young woman who has
borne an illegitimate child. Hester believes herself a widow, but
her husband, Roger Chillingworth, returns to New England very much
alive and conceals his identity. He finds his wife forced to wear
the scarlet letter A on her dress as punishment for her adultery.
Chillingworth becomes obsessed with finding the identity of his
wife's former lover. When he learns that the father of Hester's
child is Arthur Dimmesdale, a saintly young minister who is the
leader of those exhorting her to name the child's father,
Chillingworth proceeds to torment the guilt-stricken young man. In
the end Chillingworth is morally degraded by his monomaniacal
pursuit of revenge; Dimmesdale is broken by his own sense of guilt,
and he publicly confesses his adultery before dying in Hester's
arms. Only Hester can face the future bravely, as she plans to take
her daughter Pearl to Europe to begin a new life.
Fiction
- General Subject
- Literature/Classics
- BISAC Subject 1
- Fiction / Classics
- BISAC Subject 2
- Fiction / Classics
- BIC Classification 1
- Classic fiction (pre c 1945)
- Dewey Classification
- 813.3
- Readership
- General (US: Trade)
Author Bio
Nathaniel Hawthorne (1804-1864) was a prolific American writer of
fiction, including eight novels. He also worked in local and
national politics, with an appointment in Europe during the
presidency of Franklin Pierce. Hawthorne is considered to be one of
the greatest American writers.