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STALIN'S SECRET WAR
by Tolstoy, Nikolai
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good+ with no dust jacket
- ISBN 10
- 0030472660
- ISBN 13
- 9780030472664
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About This Item
Holt, Rinehart and Winston. Good+ with no dust jacket. 1981. Hardcover. 0-03-047266-0 . 463 pages .
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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- Bookseller
- Mary's Used Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 4915
- Title
- STALIN'S SECRET WAR
- Author
- Tolstoy, Nikolai
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good+ with no dust jacket
- ISBN 10
- 0030472660
- ISBN 13
- 9780030472664
- Publisher
- Holt, Rinehart and Winston
- Place of Publication
- New York, Ny
- Date Published
- 1981
- Keywords
- 0-03-047266-0
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