The Scarlet Letter
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The story of Hester Prynne-found out in adultery, pilloried by her Puritan community, and abandoned, in different ways, by both her partner in sin and her vengeance-seeking husband-possesses a reality heightened by Hawthorne's pure human sympathy and his unmixed devotion to his supposedly fallen but fundamentally innocent heroine. In its moral force and the be... More
The story of Hester Prynne-found out in adultery, pilloried by her Puritan community, and abandoned, in different ways, by both her partner in sin and her vengeance-seeking husband-possesses a reality heightened by Hawthorne's pure human sympathy and his unmixed devotion to his supposedly fallen but fundamentally innocent heroine. In its moral force and the be... More
Book Information
Publisher | Everyman Publishers |
Binding | Hardcover (430 editions) |
Reading Level | Uncategorized |
# of Pages | 304 |
ISBN-10 | 0679417311 |
ISBN-13 | 978-0679417316 |
Publication Date | 11/03/1992 |
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