
The Scarlet Letter
Nathaniel Hawthorne(Author)
Brian Harding(Editor)
Oxford University Press
Published on 9. October 2008
Book
Paperback/Softback
272 pages
978-0-19-953780-8 (ISBN)
Description
'Thou and thine, Hester Prynne, belong to me.'
With these chilling words a husband claims his wife after a two-year absence. But the child she clutches is not his, and Hester must wear a scarlet 'A' upon her breast, the sin of adultery visible to all. Under an assumed name her husband begins his search for her lover, determined to expose what Hester is equally determined to protect. Defiant and proud, Hester witnesses the degradation of two very different men, as moral codes and legal imperatives painfully collide.
Set in the Puritan community of seventeenth-century Boston, The Scarlet Letter also sheds light on the nineteenth-century in which it was written, as Hawthorne explores his ambivalent relations with his Puritan forebears. The text of this edition is taken from the Centenary Edition of Hawthorne's works, the most authoritative critical edition.
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With these chilling words a husband claims his wife after a two-year absence. But the child she clutches is not his, and Hester must wear a scarlet 'A' upon her breast, the sin of adultery visible to all. Under an assumed name her husband begins his search for her lover, determined to expose what Hester is equally determined to protect. Defiant and proud, Hester witnesses the degradation of two very different men, as moral codes and legal imperatives painfully collide.
Set in the Puritan community of seventeenth-century Boston, The Scarlet Letter also sheds light on the nineteenth-century in which it was written, as Hawthorne explores his ambivalent relations with his Puritan forebears. The text of this edition is taken from the Centenary Edition of Hawthorne's works, the most authoritative critical edition.
ABOUT THE SERIES: For over 100 years Oxford World's Classics has made available the widest range of literature from around the globe. Each affordable volume reflects Oxford's commitment to scholarship, providing the most accurate text plus a wealth of other valuable features, including expert introductions by leading authorities, helpful notes to clarify the text, up-to-date bibliographies for further study, and much more.
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New edition
Language
English
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Oxford
United Kingdom
Dimensions
Height: 195 mm
Width: 128 mm
Thickness: 15 mm
Weight
195 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-19-953780-8 (9780199537808)
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Nathaniel Hawthorne | Brian Harding
The Scarlet Letter
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The Scarlet Letter
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12/2007
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Introduction
Professor of English, Callifornia Institute of Technology