The Scarlet Letter: A Romance (The World's Greatest Literature)
de Hawthorne, Nathaniel
- Usado
- Tapa dura
- Estado
- Near Very Good/No Jacket
- Librería
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Gastonia, North Carolina, United States
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Sobre este artículo
Spencer Press. Hardcover. Near Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. ix, 341 pp. Slight scuffing to the cover edges. The binding is tight and square, and the text is clean.
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
- Persephone's Books
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- Inventario del vendedor #
- 047406
- Título
- The Scarlet Letter: A Romance (The World's Greatest Literature)
- Autor
- Hawthorne, Nathaniel
- Formato/Encuadernación
- Tapa dura
- Estado del libro
- Usado - Near Very Good
- Estado de la sobrecubierta
- No Jacket
- Cantidad disponible
- 1
- Editorial
- Spencer Press
- Tamaño
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9&f
- Palabras clave
- Literature - American
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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
