The scarlet letter / Nathaniel Hawthorne ; introduction by Kathryn Harrison ; notes by Gretchen Short.
Material type: TextSeries: Modern Library classicsPublication details: New York : Modern Library, c2000.Edition: 2000 Modern Library pbk. edDescription: xx, 270 p. ; 21 cmISBN:- 0679783385 (alk. paper)
- 9780679783381 (alk. paper)
Item type | Home library | Collection | Call number | Materials specified | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds | |
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Adult Book | Main Library | Fiction | Hawthorn Nat | Available | 33111006701847 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
Introduction by Kathryn Harrison
Commentary by Nathaniel Hawthorne, W. D. Howells, and Carl Van Doren
A stark tale of adultery, guilt, and social repression in Puritan New England, The Scarlet Letter is a foundational work of American literature. Nathaniel Hawthorne's exploration of the dichotomy between the public and private self, internal passion and external convention, gives us the unforgettable Hester Prynne, who discovers strength in the face of ostracism and emerges as a heroine ahead of her time. As Kathryn Harrison points out in her Introduction, Hester is "the herald of the modern heroine."
Includes a Modern Library Reading Group Guide
In early colonial Massachusetts, a young woman endures the consequences of her sin of adultery and spends the rest of her life in atonement.