The scarlet letter
Subtitle: a romance
By: Nathaniel Hawthorne ; edited by John Stephen Martin.
Contributors: Martin, John Stephen.
Edition: 2nd ed.
Series: Broadview editions
Publisher: Broadview Press
Published: 2004
Place of publication: Peterborough, Ont; Orchard Park, N.Y
Language: eng
Number of pages: 421
Subjects: Triangles (Interpersonal relations) -- Fiction.; Illegitimate children -- Fiction.; Women immigrants -- Fiction.; Married women -- Fiction.; Puritans -- Fiction.; Adultery -- Fiction.; Revenge -- Fiction.; Clergy -- Fiction.; Boston (Mass.) -- History -- Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775 -- Fiction.
Genres: Fiction.
Description: "Hawthorne's story of the disgraced Hester Prynne (who must wear a scarlet "A" as the mark of her adultery), of her illegitimate child, Pearl, and of the righteous minister Arthur Dimmesdale continues to resonate with modern readers. Set in mid-seventeenth-century Boston, this powerful tale of passion, Puritanism, and revenge is one of the foremost classics of American literature." "This Broadview edition contains a selection of historical documents that include Hawthorne's writings on Puritanism, the historical sources of the story, and contemporary reviews of the novel. New to the second edition are an updated critical introduction and bibliography and, in the appendices, additional writings by Margaret Fuller, Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Henry James, and William Dean Howells."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 404-421).