Title:
The Scarlet Letter
Genre:
Fiction
Literature
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Series:
Leather Bound Classics
Binding:
Hardcover
Narrative:
Third Person
Type of Book:
Fiction
Number of Chapters:
24
Synopsis:
The Scarlet Letter is an 1850 romantic work of fiction in a historical setting, written by Nathaniel Hawthorne. It is considered to be his magnum opus.
Set in 17th-century Puritan Boston, it tells the story of Hester Prynne, a beautiful young woman who is also an outcast. In the eyes of her neighbours she has committed an unforgivable sin.
Everyone knows that her little daughter, Pearl, is the product of an illicit affair but no one knows the identity of Pearl’s father. Hester’s refusal to name him brings more condemnation upon her.
But she stands strong in the face of public scorn, even when she is forced to wear the sign of her shame sewn onto her clothes: the scarlet letter ‘A’ for ‘Adulteress’.
ABOUT HAWTHORNE:
Hawthorne was a novelist and short-story writer, born in Salem, MA. Educated at Bowdon College, he shut himself away for 12 years to learn to write fiction.
His first major success was the novel The Scarlet Letter (1850), still the best known of his works. Other books include The House of the Seven Gables (1851), The Snow Image (1852), and a campaign biography of his old schoolfriend, President Franklin Pierce, on whose inauguration Hawthorne became consul at Liverpool (1853-7).
Only belatedly recognized in his own country, he continued to write articles and stories, notably those for the Atlantic Monthly, collected as Our Old Home.
Set in 17th-century Puritan Boston, it tells the story of Hester Prynne, a beautiful young woman who is also an outcast. In the eyes of her neighbours she has committed an unforgivable sin.
Everyone knows that her little daughter, Pearl, is the product of an illicit affair but no one knows the identity of Pearl’s father. Hester’s refusal to name him brings more condemnation upon her.
But she stands strong in the face of public scorn, even when she is forced to wear the sign of her shame sewn onto her clothes: the scarlet letter ‘A’ for ‘Adulteress’.
ABOUT HAWTHORNE:
Hawthorne was a novelist and short-story writer, born in Salem, MA. Educated at Bowdon College, he shut himself away for 12 years to learn to write fiction.
His first major success was the novel The Scarlet Letter (1850), still the best known of his works. Other books include The House of the Seven Gables (1851), The Snow Image (1852), and a campaign biography of his old schoolfriend, President Franklin Pierce, on whose inauguration Hawthorne became consul at Liverpool (1853-7).
Only belatedly recognized in his own country, he continued to write articles and stories, notably those for the Atlantic Monthly, collected as Our Old Home.
Author:
Nathaniel Hawthorne
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Number of Copies:
1
Date Added:
2018-06-26 16:58:34
