The Scarlet Letter - Nathaniel Hawthorne - Books - Createspace Independent Publishing Platf - 9781544269238 - March 9, 2017
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The Scarlet Letter

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

Media Books     Paperback Book   (Book with soft cover and glued back)
Released March 9, 2017
ISBN13 9781544269238
Publishers Createspace Independent Publishing Platf
Pages 308
Dimensions 152 × 229 × 17 mm   ·   412 g
Language English  

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