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Meanwhile, Roger Chillingworth is full of vengeance and determined to exact revenge from Hester’s lover.The Scarlet Letter tells the tale of Roger Chillingworth, Hester Prynneand Arthur Dimmesdale as they struggle with their internal ...
A stark and allegorical tale of adultery, guilt, and social repression in Puritan New England, "The Scarlet Letter" is a foundational work of American literature.
The Scarlet Letter takes place in 17th century Puritan New England. Read along with this touching tale of Hester Prynne and her daughter Pearl as they struggle to survive as outcasts.
Enriched eBook Features Editor Monika Elbert provides the following specially commissioned features for this Enriched eBook Classic: * Filmography * Nineteenth-Century Reviews of The Scarlet Letter * Chronology of Hawthorne's Life and Times ...
Throughout the book, Hawthorne explores themes of legalism, sin, and guilt. The experience of Hester and Dimmesdale recalls the story of Adam and Eve because, in both cases, sin results in expulsion and suffering.
(Applause Books). Leslie Fiedler pronounced it the first American tragedy. F.O. Mathiessen considered it the "Puritan Faust.
A key figure in the development of American literature, Nathaniel Hawthorne was also profoundly influenced by his ancestors and the Christianity that underscored their Puritan heritage. A literary classic, The...
A textbook reader for young adults features Nathaniel Hawthorne's "The Scarlet Letter," plus short stories, poems, and essays designed to build reading comprehension.
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Of a deeply religious temperament, there was inevitably a tinge of the devotional in his mood. "Do I feel joy again?" cried he, wondering at himself. "Methought the germ of it was dead in me! Oh, Hester, thou art my better angel!
"THE SCARLET LETTER": A Romance is an 1850 work of fiction in a historical setting, written by American author Nathaniel Hawthorne. The book is considered to be his "masterwork.
Like all of Hawthorne's novels, "The Scarlet Letter" has but a slender plot and but few characters with an influence on the development of the story.
With an eye-catching new cover, and professionally typeset manuscript, this edition of The Scarlet Letter is both modern and readable. Considered Nathaniel Hawthorne’s greatest work, The Scarlet Letter was written in 1850.
This volume presents the authoritative centenary edition text of Hawthorne's classic 1851 novel, along with critical essays that read 'The Scarlet Letter' from contemporary reader-response, psychoanalytic, feminist and new historicist...
Throughout the book, Hawthorne explores themes of legalism, sin, and guilt.The story starts during the summer of 1642, near Boston, Massachusetts, in a Puritan village.
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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 ...