Dive into Puritan moral conflict with The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne from Bantam Classics, targeted at grades 9-AD. This softcover paperback includes the author's preface to the second edition and a short biography, exploring sin, guilt, redemption, and pride through Hester Prynne's story in 17th-century New England.
The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne
SKU
012404
ISBN
9780553210095
Grade 9-AD
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Nathaniel Hawthorne’s universal classic, forged from America’s Puritan heritage: a masterful exploration of humanity’s unending struggle with sin, guilt, and pride.
Hailed by Henry James as “the finest piece of imaginative writing yet put forth in the country,” Nathaniel Hawthorne’s The Scarlet Letter reaches to our nation’s historical and moral roots for the material of great tragedy. Set in an early New England colony, the novel shows the terrible impact a single, passionate act has on the lives of three members of the community: the defiant Hester Prynne; the fiery, tortured Reverend Dimmesdale; and the obsessed, vengeful Chillingworth.
Hailed by Henry James as “the finest piece of imaginative writing yet put forth in the country,” Nathaniel Hawthorne’s The Scarlet Letter reaches to our nation’s historical and moral roots for the material of great tragedy. Set in an early New England colony, the novel shows the terrible impact a single, passionate act has on the lives of three members of the community: the defiant Hester Prynne; the fiery, tortured Reverend Dimmesdale; and the obsessed, vengeful Chillingworth.
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| Product Format: | Softcover Book |
|---|---|
| Grades: | 9-AD |
| Brand: | Bantam, Doubleday and Dell |
| Author: | Nathaniel Hawthorne |
| ISBN: | 9780553210095 |
| Length in Inches: | 6.75 |
| Width in Inches: | 4.25 |
| Height in Inches: | 0.5 |
| Weight in Pounds: | 0.3 |
| Edition: | Reprint |
| Pages: | 256 |
| Publication Date: | 4/1/1965 |
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