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Set in mid-17th century Boston, this tale of passion, puritanism and revenge is one of the foremost classics of American literature. Its heroine, Hester Prynne, is compelled by her own moral autonomy to wear the scarlet letter but she emerges as a woman with her integrity intact.

Hawthorne opinaba que muchas leyendas de la mitología clásica podían ser magníficas lecturas para los jóvenes. Por ello escogió media docena y las recreó, manteniendo su esencia, pero trasplantándolas a otras epocas. Asi, algunas de ellas estan envueltas en un ambiente gotico, y otras se desarrollan en la epoca del autor. Los titulos de estas leyendas son: La cabeza de la gorgona, El toque magico, El paraiso de los niños, Las tres manzanas de oro, El cantaro prodigioso y La quimera.

This Norton Critical Edition of Nathaniel Hawthorne's most widely read novel appears during the bicentennial anniversary year of his birth. The text of The Scarlet Letter is based on the 1850 third edition, the first set in stereotype plates and the basis of subsequent printings in Hawthorne's lifetime. An invaluable selection of contextual material includes five Hawthorne stories that are closely related to The Scarlet Letter, along with relevant letters and notebook entries. A substantial excerpt from Hawthorne's campaign biography of Franklin Pierce offers a revealing glimpse at Hawthorne's political thought, especially regarding slavery and abolition. "Criticism" provides a comprehensive overview of early and modern commentary on The Scarlet Letter and the stories in this edition, including nineteenth-century reviews of the novel and critical essays by Robert S. Levine, Nina Baym, Larry J. Reynolds, and Jean Fagan Yellin. A Chronology and Selected Bibliography are also included.

Choice collection of masterly short fiction. In addition to title story: "The Birthmark," "Rappaccini's Daughter," "Roger Malvin's Burial," "The Artist of the Beautiful," "Dr. Heidegger's Experiment," and "My Kinsman, Major Molineux."

An intense psychological drama devoted to the burden of inherited guilt and the work of retribution. As always in Hawthorne, the greatest sin is the violation of the integrity of another person's

Considerada com un clàssic de la literatura nord-americana, La Lletra escarlata explica la història de Hester Prynne, del seu amant i de la filla de tots dos. Les desventures de Hester, marginada per una societat immisericorde, arriben al lector amb gran

Miles Coverdale arrive a Valjoie, où des citoyens de Boston tentent, vers les années 1830, une expérience de vie collective dont il fait ici le récit. Il relate ainsi sa rencontre avec la belle Zenobia mais aussi avec la timide et rassurante Priscilla.