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The Scarlet Letter
de Nathaniel Hawthorne
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- Estado
- Very Good++
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Lewiston, Idaho, United States
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Sobre este artículo
A young woman with a husband, and a lover, lives in the Puritan world of seventeenth-century Boston. With struggles between mind and heart, she lives through shame and redemption.
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
- Timeless Words
(US)
- Inventario del vendedor #
- 312
- Título
- The Scarlet Letter
- Autor
- Nathaniel Hawthorne
- Formato/Encuadernación
- Intact
- Estado del libro
- Usado - Very Good++
- Cantidad disponible
- 1
- Encuadernación
- Tapa dura
- Editorial
- New American Library
- Lugar de publicación
- New York, New York
- Fecha de publicación
- 1959
- Peso
- 0.00 libras
- Palabras clave
- Antique, Puritan, Redemption
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- Literatura de ficción Ficción por región Ficción norteamericana
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- Literatura de ficción Estudios literarios Crítica literaria
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