The Complete Novels and Selected Tales (2) - Couverture rigide

Hawthorne, Nathaniel

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0679600744 ISBN 13 : 9780679600749

Editeur : Random House Inc, 1993

Synopsis

Book by Nathaniel Hawthorne

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

First published in 1851, The House of the Seven Gables is one of Hawthorne's defining works, a vivid depiction of American life and values replete with brilliantly etched characters. The tale of a cursed house with a mysterious and terrible past and the generations linked to it, Hawthorne's chronicle of the Maule and Pyncheon families over two centuries reveals, in Mary Oliver's words,lives caught in the common fire of history. This Modern Library Paperback Classics edition uses the definitive text as prepared for The Centenary Edition of the Works of Nathaniel Hawthorne; this is the Approved Edition of the Center for Scholarly Editions (Modern Language Association). It includes newly commissioned notes on the text.Since 1917 The Modern Library prides itself as The modern Library of the world s Best Books . Featuring introductions by leading writers, stunning translations, scholarly endnotes and reading group guides. Production values emphasize superior quality and readability. Competitive prices, coupled with exciting cover design make these an ideal gift to be cherished by the avid reader.

Biographie de l'auteur

Nathaniel Hawthorne (1804-1864) was born in Salem, Massachusetts, and made his ambition to be a writer while still a teenager. He graduated from Bowdoin College in Maine, where the poet Longfellow was also a student, and spent several years travelling in New England and writing short stories before his best-known novel The Scarlet Letter was published in 1850. His writing was not at first financially rewarding and he worked as measurer and surveyor in the Boston and Salem Custom Houses. In 1853 he was sent to Liverpool as American consul and then lived in Italy before returning to the US in 1860, where he died in his sleep four years later.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Random House Inc
• Date d'édition: 1993
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0679600744
• ISBN 13: 9780679600749
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 700
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• Personne responsable: non disponible