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The Scarlet Letter
de Hawthorne, Nathaniel
- Usado
- Tapa dura
- Estado
- Very Good+ with no dust jacket
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NY: Privately Printed. Very Good+ with no dust jacket. 1904. Hardcover. Three-quarter leather with cloth, hubbed spine/gilt, TEG, marbled endpages. Limited to 125 copies on Japanese imperial paper. Outer hinge cracked, light edge wear. Scattered foxing. 15 original color illustrations. Unmarked, tight binding. ; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall .
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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- Librería
- curtis paul books inc.
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- Inventario del vendedor #
- 33381
- Título
- The Scarlet Letter
- Autor
- Hawthorne, Nathaniel
- Formato/Encuadernación
- Tapa dura
- Estado del libro
- Usado - Very Good+ with no dust jacket
- Editorial
- Privately Printed
- Lugar de publicación
- NY
- Fecha de publicación
- 1904
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- Good+
- A term used to denote a condition a slight grade better than Good.
- Cracked
- In reference to a hinge or a book's binding, means that the glue which holds the opposing leaves has allowed them to separate,...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Hinge
- The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
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
