The Scarlet Letter (Masterpiece Library Edition)

Nathaniel Hawthorne

ISBN 10: 1441346031 / ISBN 13: 9781441346032

Published by Peter Pauper Press, US, 2025

About this Item

Seller Inventory # LU-9781441346032

Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Scarlet Letter (Masterpiece Library Edition)
• Publisher: Peter Pauper Press, US
• Publication Date: 2025
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1441346031
• ISBN 13: 9781441346032
• Binding: Hardback
• Illustrator: Mary Hallock Foote
• Condition: New
• Dimensions: 16.51W x 23.5H x 2.86D centimeters 16.51 centimeters width by 23.5 centimeters height by 2.86 centimeters depth
• Weight: 794 grams

About this title

Synopsis

The finely embroidered letter ''A'' on Hester Prynne's breast is a mark of adultery. In isolation, she faces questions of sin, forgiveness, and redemption. But does she face them alone?

• Rediscover Nathaniel Hawthorne's classic in this elegant Masterpiece Library Edition.
• Deluxe, durably bound keepsake volume.
• Embossed covers with iridescent highlighting.
• Reinforced cloth quarter-binding.
• Paper is acid-free and of archival quality.
• Cream-color pages with font, type size, and line spacing chosen for comfortable reading.
• Ribbon bookmark.
• A must for any library.
• Dimensions: 6-1/2'' wide x 9-1/4'' high.
• 264 pages.

Nathaniel Hawthorne's (1804-1864) darkly romantic Scarlet Letter, published in 1850, features one of American literature's first strong, self-reliant female characters. It was an immediate success.

About the Author

Born in Salem, Massachusetts, Nathaniel Hawthorne (1804-1864), is considered one of the 19th-century's preeminent fiction writers.