Nathaniel Hawthorne's The Scarlet Letter is an intense exploration of morality, judgment, guilt, and sin as they affect the individual and society as a whole. Hester Prynne, a young woman sent to America ahead of her elderly husband, bears an illegitimate daughter. Condemned by her puritanical community and forced to wear a scarlet A on her clothing as a visible badge of her sinful nature, she nonetheless refuses to reveal the father's identity. Hawthorne's insight into lives of Hester, her estranged husband, her lover, and the surrounding community make The Scarlet Letter a psychologically...
Nathaniel Hawthorne's The Scarlet Letter is an intense exploration of morality, judgment, guilt, and sin as they affect the individual and society as ...
THE SCARLET LETTER is considered Nathaniel Hawthorne's most famous novel-and the first quintessentially American novel in style, theme, and language.
THE SCARLET LETTER is considered Nathaniel Hawthorne's most famous novel-and the first quintessentially American novel in style, theme, and language.
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Nathaniel Hawthorne's The Marble Faun mingles fable with fact in a mysterious tale of American artists liberated from New England mores in Rome. In his introduction, Andrew Delbanco remarks that Hawthorne's novel is ultimately less about freedom than its costs. It is a book "that invites us to observe people in the grip of guilt, passion, or a naive faith in God or art, and to watch them seek escape from their fears and doubts as their creed--whatever it is--fails them." The John Harvard Library edition reproduces the authoritative text of The Marble Faun in The Centenary...
Nathaniel Hawthorne's The Marble Faun mingles fable with fact in a mysterious tale of American artists liberated from New England mores in R...
Originally published in 1846, Mosses from an Old Manse is the follow up to Hawthornes earlier collection, Twice-Told Tales. Containing twenty-three engaging stories, Mosses was released to wide acclaim from contemporary writers and reviewers. Notably, the collection features some stories counted among Hawthornes best "Young Goodman Brown," and "Rappaccinis Daughter."
Originally published in 1846, Mosses from an Old Manse is the follow up to Hawthornes earlier collection, Twice-Told Tales. Containing twenty-three en...
The story begins at sunset in Salem, Massachusetts, as young Goodman Brown leaves Faith, his wife of three months, for an unknown errand in the forest. Faith pleads with her husband to stay with her but he insists the journey into the forest must be completed that night. In the forest he meets a man, dressed in a similar manner to himself and bearing a resemblance to himself. The man carries a black serpent-shaped staff.
The story begins at sunset in Salem, Massachusetts, as young Goodman Brown leaves Faith, his wife of three months, for an unknown errand in the forest...
"Between two tall gate-posts of rough-hewn stone (the gate itself having fallen from its hinges, at some unknown epoch) we beheld the gray front of the old parsonage, terminating the vista of an avenue of black-ash trees." So begins Nathaniel Hawthorne's 1846 sketch "The Old Manse," which leads off this collection of short stories. Hawthorne and his wife Sophia lived at the Old Manse in Concord, Massachusetts from 1842-1845, during the first years of their marriage. The sixteen other selections collected here were all written during the time the Hawthornes lived in the house, today a National...
"Between two tall gate-posts of rough-hewn stone (the gate itself having fallen from its hinges, at some unknown epoch) we beheld the gray front of th...
This classic collection of essays and travel observations is newly presented by Quid Pro Books as a "Digitally Remastered Book."(TM) Rather than reducing its font size and cramping the text into a smaller book, and consistent with its vintage presentation in earlier printings, the pages are digitally corrected to virtually eliminate the underlines, stray marks, and printer artifacts typical for such republications. Incomplete words and broken letters are repaired. The effect is a more pleasing reading experience and a more professional presentation while staying true to the contemporary...
This classic collection of essays and travel observations is newly presented by Quid Pro Books as a "Digitally Remastered Book."(TM) Rather than re...
The house of the title is a gloomy New England mansion, haunted from its foundation by fraudulent dealings, accusations of witchcraft, and sudden death. The current resident, the dignified but desperately poor Hepzibah Pyncheon, opens a shop in a side room to support her brother Clifford, who is about to leave prison after serving thirty years for murder.
The house of the title is a gloomy New England mansion, haunted from its foundation by fraudulent dealings, accusations of witchcraft, and sudden deat...
