Scarlet Letter - Nathaniel Hawthorne (Paperback)

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Part of Alma Classics Evergreen series, The Scarlet Letter is here presented with an extensive section on Hawthorne's life and works.

Product Details

Barcode: 9781847494214

Department: Books

Released: 15 Jun 2015

Supply Source: South Africa

Book

Author: Nathaniel Hawthorne

Binding: Paperback

Publisher: Alma Books Ltd

Series: Alma Classics Evergreens

Language: English

Number of Pages: 240

Dimensions: 198 x 128mm (229g)

Annotation

Part of Alma Classics Evergreen series, The Scarlet Letter is here presented with an extensive section on Hawthorne's life and works.

Summary

Having been found guilty of adultery, Hester Prynne is forced to wear an embroidered scarlet letter A as a punishment for her sin. While her vengeful husband embarks on a quest to discover the identity of her lover, she is left to face the consequences of her infidelity and find a place for herself and her illegitimate child in the hostile environment of seventeenth-century Puritan Boston.

Nathaniel Hawthorne's tense narrative astonished readers with its unparalleled psychological depth when it first appeared, and the novel now stands as one of America's literary landmarks.

Fiction

General Subject: Fiction

BISAC Subject 1: Fiction / Classics

BIC Classification 1: Classic fiction (pre c 1945)

Library Subject 1: Triangles (Interpersonal relations)

Library Subject 2: Puritans

Library Subject 3: Revenge

Dewey Classification: 813.3

Readership: General (US: Trade)

Author Bio

Inspired by the Puritan past of his native New England, Nathaniel Hawthorne became a pivotal figure in the history of American literature, notably with his masterpiece, The Scarlet Letter.