The Scarlet Letter Paperback - 2011 - 3rd Edition

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.

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Details

• Title The Scarlet Letter
• Author Nathaniel Hawthorne
• Binding Paperback
• Edition number 3rd
• Edition 3
• Pages 548
• Volumes 1
• Language ENG
• Publisher Kaplan Publishing, New City, NY, U.S.A.
• Date 2011-05-03
• ISBN 9781607148654 / 160714865X
• Weight 0.6 lbs (0.27 kg)
• Dimensions 6.6 x 4.1 x 1.2 in (16.76 x 10.41 x 3.05 cm)
• Library of Congress subjects Triangles (Interpersonal relations), Puritans
• Library of Congress Catalog Number 2015295981
• Dewey Decimal Code 813.3