The Scarlet Letter Brochura - 2006

The Scarlet Letter: A Romance (1850) is considered the American author Nathaniel Hawthorne's 'masterwork.' A work of historical fiction set in the Massachusetts Bay Colony during the Puritan settlement of 1642-1949 itells the story of Hester Prynne, who after having a child as a result of an extra-marital affair attempts to live a life of repentance and dignity although she is marked by having to wear a Scarlett A on her person. Throughout the novel, Hawthorne explores themes of legalism, sin, and guilt.

The Scarlett Letter was one of the first mass-produced novels in the United States, prior printing of books generally done by hand. The 2,500 copies first printed sold out in days, and the mass-production of books opened up conversation about books and authors to a wider-audience on a national level. The first edition of The Scarlet Letter sold out in ten days and “made Hawthorne’s fame, changed his fortune and gave to our literature its first symbolic novel a year before the appearance of Melville’s Moby-Dick” (Bradley). Although an instant best-seller, the books sales over fourteen years only brought the author $1500.

Detalhes

• Título The Scarlet Letter
• Autor Nathaniel Hawthorne; Susan S. Williams (Editor)
• Encadernação Brochura
• Edição First Edition
• Páginas 192
• Volumes 1
• Idioma ENG
• Editorial Bedford Books, New York
• Data de publicação July 31, 2006
• Ilustrado Sim
• ISBN 9780312446499 / 0312446497
• Peso 0.51 libras (0.23 kg)
• Dimensão 8.23 x 5.79 x 0.47 in. (20.90 x 14.71 x 1.19 cm)
• Nível de leitura 1280
• Library of Congress subjects Historical fiction, Psychological fiction
• Número da Biblioteca do Congresso dos Estados Unidos 2005935045
• Dewey Decimal Code FIC