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The Scarlet Letter (film edition)
de Nathaniel Hawthorne (Lillian Gish)
- Usado
- Aceptable
- Tapa dura
- Estado
- Fine/Near Fine
- Librería
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Glendale, California, United States
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Sobre este artículo
A film tie-in edition of Nathaniel Hawthorne s The Scarlett Letter (1926) starring Lilian Gish and directed by Victor Seastrom. A book that s usually found without the rare colorful jacket - especially in this condition. I ve coupled it with an original vintage promotional photo of Gish from the film. The original first edition of this work was first published in 1850 and has enjoyed many stage and film adaptations over the past 170 years. The Gish/Seastrom collaboration was the first feature film version of Hawthorne s work. This was part of a film deal MGM s Irving Thalberg had given Lillian Gish which gave her unprecedented control (especially for a woman) of the production as she chose the screenwriter, Director and male lead. Gish decided to forgo part of her salary for greater artistic control but still ended up being paid something like $800,000 per film at MGM - an insane amount in the mid 1920s and only later matched by Greta Garbo in the 1930s. An attractive purchase for any cinema fan.
Sinopsis
The Scarlet Letter: A Romance (1850) is considered the American author Nathaniel Hawthorne's 'masterwork.' A work of historical fiction set in the Massachusetts Bay Colony during the Puritan settlement of 1642-1949 itells the story of Hester Prynne, who after having a child as a result of an extra-marital affair attempts to live a life of repentance and dignity although she is marked by having to wear a Scarlett A on her person. Throughout the novel, Hawthorne explores themes of legalism, sin, and guilt. The Scarlett Letter was one of the first mass-produced novels in the United States, prior printing of books generally done by hand. The 2,500 copies first printed sold out in days, and the mass-production of books opened up conversation about books and authors to a wider-audience on a national level. The first edition of The Scarlet Letter sold out in ten days and “made Hawthorne’s fame, changed his fortune and gave to our literature its first symbolic novel a year before the appearance of Melville’s Moby-Dick” (Bradley). Although an instant best-seller, the books sales over fourteen years only brought the author $1500.
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El Oct 4 2010, Erhanilhan dijo:
An absolute criticism of Puritan society. Hawthorne portrays the hypocritic sides of the society by pointing its discrepancies and ill-interpreted biblical sides deeds. He also shows that the society was not working in the name of god as stated; instead worked for a group of people (especially powerful) that keep the lines in hand.
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Detalles
- Librería
- Reginald C. Williams Rare Books
(US)
- Inventario del vendedor #
- 012
- Título
- The Scarlet Letter (film edition)
- Autor
- Nathaniel Hawthorne (Lillian Gish)
- Formato/Encuadernación
- Publisher's cloth
- Estado del libro
- Usado - Fine
- Estado de la sobrecubierta
- Near Fine
- Cantidad disponible
- 1
- Edición
- Film edition
- Encuadernación
- Tapa dura
- Editorial
- Readers Library
- Lugar de publicación
- London
- Fecha de publicación
- 1926
- Peso
- 0.00 libras
- Palabras clave
- Cinema Studies, English Literature
- Size
- small 12mo.
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Reginald C. Williams Rare Books
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- First Edition
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Categorías de este libro
- Literatura de ficción Ficción por región Ficción norteamericana
- Literatura de ficción Literatura clásica
- Literatura de ficción Ficción histórica
- Literatura de ficción Estudios literarios Crítica literaria
- Literatura de ficción Ficción moderna
- Literatura de ficción Misterio y suspense Misterio
- Infantil y juvenil Juvenil y adulto joven Ficción y literatura juvenil
