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The Scarlet Letter (The World's Best Reading)
by Nathaniel Hawthorne
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good-
- ISBN 10
- 0895771845
- ISBN 13
- 9780895771841
- Seller
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Murfreesboro, Tennessee, United States
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About This Item
New York, Reader's Digest. 1984.Reader's Digest illustrated edition of the Hawthorne classic 1st published in 1850. Ex-library in good condition with standard library marking....ribbon bookmark...full-color illustratiions by Robert Quackenbush. 6x9"
Synopsis
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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Reviews
On Oct 4 2010, Erhanilhan said:
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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Details
- Seller
- BoroBooks
(US)
- Seller's Inventory #
- 1327
- Title
- The Scarlet Letter (The World's Best Reading)
- Author
- Nathaniel Hawthorne
- Illustrator
- Robert Quackenbush
- Book Condition
- Used - Good-
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Reader's Digest
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0895771845
- ISBN 13
- 9780895771841
- Publisher
- Reader's Digest Association
- Place of Publication
- Pleasantville, Ny
- Date Published
- 1984
- Pages
- 221
- Size
- 6x9
- Keywords
- Classics, Hawthorne
- Bookseller catalogs
- Classics;
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