The scarlet letter : a romance
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Published
New York : Penguin, 2003.
Format
Book
ISBN
0142437263
Physical Desc
xxxi, 238 pages ; 20 cm.
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Published
New York : Penguin, 2003.
Language
English
ISBN
0142437263
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Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references.
Description
"Set in the harsh Puritan community of seventeenth-century Boston, this tale of an adulterous entanglement that results in an illegitimate birth reveals [the author's] concerns with the tension between the public and the private selves. Publicly disgraced and ostracized, Hester Prynne draws on her inner strength and certainty of spirit to emerge as the first true heroine of American fiction. Arthur Dimmesdale stands as a classic study of a self divided; trapped by the rules of society, he suppresses his passing and disavows his lover, Hester, and their daughter, Pearl. [This novel] was not written as realistic, historical fiction, but as a "romance, " a creation of the imagination that discloses the truth of the human heart"--Cover.
Subjects
LC Subjects
Adultery -- Fiction.
Adultery -- Massachusetts -- Boston -- History -- 17th century -- Fiction.
Boston (Mass.) -- History -- Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775 -- Fiction.
Boston (Mass.) -- Social life and customs -- 17th century -- Fiction.
Fiction.
Massachusetts -- Social life and customs -- Fiction.
Puritans -- Fiction.
Puritans -- Massachusetts -- Boston -- History -- 17th century -- Fiction.
Adultery -- Massachusetts -- Boston -- History -- 17th century -- Fiction.
Boston (Mass.) -- History -- Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775 -- Fiction.
Boston (Mass.) -- Social life and customs -- 17th century -- Fiction.
Fiction.
Massachusetts -- Social life and customs -- Fiction.
Puritans -- Fiction.
Puritans -- Massachusetts -- Boston -- History -- 17th century -- Fiction.
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Citations
APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Hawthorne, N., Baym, N., & Connolly, T. E. (2003). The scarlet letter: a romance . Penguin.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Hawthorne, Nathaniel, 1804-1864, Nina. Baym and Thomas E. Connolly. 2003. The Scarlet Letter: A Romance. New York: Penguin.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Hawthorne, Nathaniel, 1804-1864, Nina. Baym and Thomas E. Connolly. The Scarlet Letter: A Romance New York: Penguin, 2003.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Hawthorne, Nathaniel, Nina Baym, and Thomas E. Connolly. The Scarlet Letter: A Romance Penguin, 2003.
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