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The Scarlet Letter - Second Edition: A Romance

By Nathaniel Hawthorne , John Stephen Martin

Book information

Publisher
Broadview Press
Year
2004
ISBN
1-55111-636-7, 9781551116365
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
3 MB (3229475 bytes)
Series
Broadview Editions
Edition
2
Pages
424\424
Time added
2018-02-18 10:30:00

Description

Hawthorne’s story of the disgraced Hester Prynne (who must wear a scarlet “A” as the mark of her adultery), of her illegitimate child, Pearl, and of the righteous minister Arthur Dimmesdale continues to resonate with modern readers. Set in mid-seventeenth-century Boston, this powerful tale of passion, Puritanism, and revenge is one of the foremost classics of American literature. This Broadview edition contains a selection of historical documents that include Hawthorne’s writings on Puritanism, the historical sources of the story, and contemporary reviews of the novel. New to the second edition are an updated critical introduction and bibliography and, in the appendices, additional writings by Margaret Fuller, Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Henry James, and William Dean Howells.

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