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The scarlet letter : a romance
- Title
- The scarlet letter : a romance / by Nathaniel Hawthorne ; introduction by John C. Gerber.
- Author
- Hawthorne, Nathaniel, 1804-1864
- Publication
- New York : Modern Library, ©1950.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Book/Text | Use in library | PS1868 .A1 1950 | Off-site |
Details
- Additional Authors
- Gerber, John C.
- Description
- xxxiv, 300 pages; 19 cm.
- Summary
- Classic tale of Puritan Boston and of Hester Prynne; her lover, Arthur Dimmesdale, the young minister; their child Pearl; and her husband, Roger Chillingsworth.
- Series Statement
- The modern library of the world's best books
- Modern Library college editions ; T21
- Uniform Title
- Modern Library college editions ; T21.
- Modern library of the world's best books
- Subject
- 1600-1775
- Triangles (Interpersonal relations) > Fiction
- Illegitimate children > Fiction
- Women immigrants > Fiction
- Married women > Fiction
- Puritans > Fiction
- Adultery > Fiction
- Revenge > Fiction
- Clergy > Fiction
- Adultery
- Clergy
- Illegitimate children
- Married women
- Puritans
- Revenge
- Triangles (Interpersonal relations)
- Women immigrants
- Romance Norte Americano
- Boston (Mass.) > History > Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775 > Fiction
- Massachusetts > Boston
- Genre/Form
- Psychological fiction.
- Fiction.
- History.
- Historical fiction.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (pages xxxiii-xxxiv).
- Contents
- The custom-house : introductory -- The prison-door -- The market-place -- The recognition -- The interview -- Hester at her needle -- Pearl -- The governor's hall -- The elf-child and the minister -- The leech -- The leech and his patient -- The interior of a heart -- The minister's vigil -- Another view of Hester -- Hester and the physician -- Hester and Pearl -- A forest walk -- The pastor and his parishioner -- A flood of sunshine -- The child at the brook-side -- The minister in a maze -- The New England holiday -- The procession -- The revelation of the scarlet letter -- Conclusion.
- LCCN
- 50012245
- OCLC
- ocm01718966
- 1718966
- SCSB-9042742
- Owning Institutions
- Princeton University Library