The Scarlet Letter

Nathaniel Hawthorne (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

272 Seiten

2008
Alma Classics (Verlag)
978-1-84749-058-2 (ISBN)

Infos

Having been found guilty of adultery, Hester Prynne is forced to wear a scarlet letter "A" in order to expiate her sins. While her husband embarks on a quest to discover the identity of her lover, she is left to face the consequences of her infidelity and find a place for herself and her illegitimate child.

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Having been found guilty of adultery, Hester Prynne is forced to wear an embroidered scarlet letter "A" in order to expiate her sins. While her vengeful husband embarks on a quest to discover the identity of her lover, she is left to face the consequences of her infidelity and find a place for herself and her illegitimate child in the hostile environment of seventeenth-century Puritan Boston. Nathaniel Hawthorne's tense narrative astonished readers with its unparalleled psychological depth when it first appeared, and the novel now stands as one of America's literary landmarks.

Autor

Nathaniel Hawthorne (1804 - 1864) is considered a key figure in the development of American Litearture. The Scarlet Letter is his major work.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 1.6.2008
• Zusatzinfo: Illustrations
• Verlagsort: Richmond
• Sprache: englisch
• Maße: 128 x 198 mm
• Einbandart: Paperback
• Themenwelt: Literatur ► Klassiker / Moderne Klassiker
• ISBN-10: 1-84749-058-1 / 1847490581
• ISBN-13: 978-1-84749-058-2 / 9781847490582
• Zustand: Neuware