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The Scarlet Letter: A Romance
de Hawthorne, Nathaniel
- Usado
- Tapa dura
- Estado
- Good to Very Good
- Librería
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Houlton, Maine, United States
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Sobre este artículo
London: G. Routledge & Co., 1852 iv, 252pp, bound in 3/4 leather and marbled paper, leather spine label intact with small edge chips. Covers in Good Condition, showing edge/corner wear, bumped corners, rubbed paper, front hinge cracked. Interior is in Very Good Condition, with the bookplate for "Edward Roberts, 36 Blomfield Road, Maida Hill". Light foxing on the preliminary pages.
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
- Monroe Bridge Books
(US)
- Inventario del vendedor #
- 008350
- Título
- The Scarlet Letter: A Romance
- Autor
- Hawthorne, Nathaniel
- Formato/Encuadernación
- Tapa dura
- Estado del libro
- Usado - Good to Very Good
- Cantidad disponible
- 1
- Editorial
- G. Routledge & Co.
- Lugar de publicación
- London
- Fecha de publicación
- 1852
- Palabras clave
- Literature Scarlet Letter Leather
- Size
- 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall
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- Hinge
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- Bookplate
- Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...
- Spine Label
- The paper or leather descriptive tag attached to the spine of the book, most commonly providing the title and author of the...
- 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,...
- Marbled Paper
- Decorative colored paper that imitates marble with a veined, mottled, or swirling pattern. Commonly used as the end papers or...
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
