{"product_id":"the-scarlet-letter-paperback-2","title":"The Scarlet Letter - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eNathaniel Hawthorne\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eBrenda Wineapple\u003c\/b\u003e (Introduction by), \u003cb\u003eRegina Barreca\u003c\/b\u003e (Afterword by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThis tragic novel of sin and redemption is Hawthorne's masterpiece of American fiction.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAn ardent young woman, her cowardly lover, and her aging vengeful husband--these are the central characters in this stark drama of the conflict between passion and convention in the harsh world of seventeenth-century Boston. Tremendously moving and rich in psychological insight, this dramatic depiction of the struggle between mind and heart illuminates Hawthorne's concern with our Puritan past and its influence on American life. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eWith an Introduction by Brenda Wineapple\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eand an Afterword by Regina Barreca\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eThis edition includes an early Hawthorne story that contains the germ of \u003ci\u003eThe Scarlet Letter\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eNathaniel Hawthorne\u003c\/b\u003e was born on July 4, 1804, in Salem, Massachusetts, the son and grandson of proud New England seafarers. He lived in genteel poverty with his widowed mother and two young sisters in a house filled with Puritan ideals and family pride in a prosperous past. His boyhood was, in most respects, pleasant and normal. In 1825 he was graduated from Bowdoin College, Brunswick, Maine, and he returned to Salem determined to become a writer of short stories. For the next twelve years he was plagued with unhappiness and self-doubts as he struggled to master his craft. He finally secured some small measure of success with the publication of his \u003ci\u003eTwice-Told Tales\u003c\/i\u003e (1837). His marriage to Sophia Peabody in 1842 was a happy one. \u003ci\u003eThe Scarlet Letter \u003c\/i\u003e(1850), which brought him immediate recognition, was followed by \u003ci\u003eThe House of the Seven Gables\u003c\/i\u003e (1851). After serving four years as the American Consul in Liverpool, England, he traveled in Italy; he returned home to Massachusetts in 1860. Depressed, weary of writing, and failing in health, he died on May 19, 1864, at Plymouth, New Hampshire. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eBrenda Wineapple\u003c\/b\u003e was formerly the Washington Irving Professor of Modern Literary and Historical Studies at Union College and now teaches in the MFA programs at Columbia University and The New School. Her books include \u003ci\u003eWhite Heat: The Friendship of Emily Dickinson and Thomas Wentworth Higginson\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eHawthorne: A Life\u003c\/i\u003e (winner of the Ambassador Award of the English-Speaking Union for Best Biography of 2003), \u003ci\u003eSister Brother: Gertrude \u0026amp; Leo Stein\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eGenêt: A Biography of Janet Flanner\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eRegina Barreca\u003c\/b\u003e, a professor of English and Feminist Theory at the Unniversity of Connecticut, is the editor of the influential journal \u003ci\u003eLIT: Literature, Interpretation, Theory\u003c\/i\u003e. Among her many books are \u003ci\u003eThey Used to Call Me Snow White...But I Drifted\u003c\/i\u003e, a widely acclaimed study of women's humor, and \u003ci\u003ePerfect Husbands (\u0026amp; Other Fairy Tales)\u003c\/i\u003e. She is also the editor of the \u003ci\u003ePenguin Book of Women's Humor\u003c\/i\u003e.\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 288\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.78 x 6.7 x 4.22 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e August 04, 2009\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \n                \u003cdiv\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAccelerated Reader:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n                \n                \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eQuiz Name:\u003c\/strong\u003e Scarlet Letter (Unabridged)\u003c\/div\u003e\n                \n                \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eInterest Level:\u003c\/strong\u003e Upper Grades, 9-12\u003c\/div\u003e\n                \n                \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eReading Level:\u003c\/strong\u003e 11.7\u003c\/div\u003e\n                \n                \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePoint Value:\u003c\/strong\u003e 14\u003c\/div\u003e\n                \n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52013966065965,"sku":"9780451531353","price":8.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0938\/3185\/6429\/files\/the-scarlet-letter-paperback-9600021.webp?v=1777443011","url":"https:\/\/ishookbooks.com\/products\/the-scarlet-letter-paperback-2","provider":"iShook Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}