The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne
Nathaniel Hawthorne’s masterpiece, an iconic fable of guilt and redemption set in Puritan Massachusetts, has long been considered one of the greatest American novels.
The story of Hester Prynne—found out in adultery, pilloried by her Puritan community, and abandoned, in different ways, by both her partner in sin and her vengeance-seeking husband—possesses a reality heightened by Hawthorne’s sympathy and his unmixed devotion to his supposedly fallen but fundamentally innocent heroine.
he Scarlet Letter rightly deserves its stature as the first great novel written by an American, a work of moral force and narrative power that announced a literature equal to any in the world.
Format: Paperback | 288 pages
Dimensions (cm): 20.1 x 13.1 x 1.5 | 222g
Publication Date: 26 Aug 2014
Publisher: Random House
Imprint: Vintage Books
Publication City/Country: New York, United States
Language: English
ISBN10: 0804171572
ISBN13: 9780804171571
Condition: Good
A book that has been read but is in good condition. Very minimal damage to the cover including scuff marks along the edges, but no holes or tears. The majority of pages are undamaged with minimal creasing but no tearing. No pencil underlining of text, no highlighting of text and no writing in margins. No missing pages.