Scarlet Letter

Informationen zum Autor Nathaniel Hawthorne (1804-1864) was born in Salem! Massachusetts! where he wrote the bulk of his masterful tales of American colonial history. His career as a novelist began with The Scarlet Letter (1850) and also includes The house of the Seven Gables! The Blithedale Romance! and The Marble Faun. Nina Baym is Director of the School of Humanities and Professor of English at the University of Illinois. She has published widely on Hawthorne and other American writers. Klappentext Set in the harsh Puritan community of 17th century Massachusetts! this tale of an adulterous entanglement resulting in an illegitimate birth engendered the first true Zusammenfassung Set in the harsh Puritan community of 17th-century Boston! this is a tale of an adulterous entanglement that results in an illegitimate birth. The mother of the child! Hester Prynne! is publicly disgraced and ostracized but emerges as a true heroine of American fiction.

Product details

• Authors: Nathaniel Hawthorne
• Publisher: Penguin Books Uk
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 19.02.2003
• EAN: 9780142437261
• ISBN: 978-0-14-243726-1
• No. of pages: 272
• Dimensions: 130 mm x 198 mm x 15 mm
• Series: Penguin Classics; Penguin Classics Paperbacks; Penguin Classics
• Subject: Fiction > Narrative literature