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- Paperback / softback | 288 pages
- 12.9 × 1.3 × 19.7 cm | 203
- 28 June 2012
- Penguin Books Ltd
- United Kingdom
€11.20
A tale of Hester Prynne, imprisoned, publicly shamed, and forced to wear a scarlet ‘A’ for committing adultery and bearing an illegitimate child, Pearl. In their small, Puritan village, Hester and her daughter struggle to survive, but in this searing study of the tension between private and public existence.
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ISBN: 9780141199450
Book Format: Paperback / softback
Pages: 288
Dimensions: 12.9 × 1.3 × 19.7 cm
Nathaniel Hawthorne (1804-1864) was born in Salem, Massachusetts, where he wrote the bulk of his masterful tales of American colonial history. His career as a novelist began with The Scarlet Letter (1850) and also includes The house of the Seven Gables, The Blithedale Romance, and The Marble Faun.
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