The Scarlet Letter - Couverture souple

Hawthorne, Nathaniel

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0743487567 ISBN 13 : 9780743487566

Editeur : Simon & Schuster, 2004

Synopsis

Introduced by Bob Dylan for Bowtag & Moll, his imprint with Simon & Schuster, The Scarlet Letter is Nathaniel Hawthorne’s enduring novel of shame, secrecy, and defiance: the story of Hester Prynne, a woman branded by her society and made immortal by her refusal to submit.

Hester Prynne is one of American literature’s first defiant women: shamed by her Puritan community, she refuses to name the father of her child and endures a punishment that becomes, as Bob Dylan writes, “a symbol of spiritual and mental enslavement.”

But the secret is not Hester’s alone. As she bears the full force of public judgment, the men around her are consumed by guilt, cowardice, and the fear of exposure. Hawthorne’s masterpiece asks a question that remains bracingly contemporary: what happens when a society is more invested in punishment than truth?

Chosen and introduced by Bob Dylan for Bowtag & Moll, this reissue celebrates The Scarlet Letter as an enduring novel of female defiance and moral hypocrisy.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Nathaniel Hawthorne was born in Salem, Massachusetts. He was educated at the Bowdoin College in Maine (1821-24). Between the years 1825 and 1836 Hawthorne worked as a writer and contributor to periodicals. His first novel, Fanshawe, appeared anonymously at his own expense in 1828. In 1842 he married Sophia Peabody, an active participant in the Transcendentalist movement. His marriage to Sophia provided the inspiration for the noble character of Hester Prynne. He died in 1864.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Simon & Schuster
• Date d'édition: 2004
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0743487567
• ISBN 13: 9780743487566
• Reliure: Poche
• Nombre de pages: 400
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: Simon and Schuster Netherlands BV, GPSR Europäische Union; info@simonandschuster.nl; ; Herculesplein 96; Utrecht; 3584 AA; Pays-Bas