The Scarlet Letter Paperback - 2002
by Nathaniel Hawthorne; Introduction by Nina Baym; Notes by Thomas E. Connolly
Set in the harsh Puritan community of seventeenth-century Massachusetts, this tale of an adulterous entanglement resulting in an illegitimate birth engendered the first true heroine of American fiction.
Introduction by Nina Baym
Notes by Thomas E. Connolly
About this book
The Scarlett Letter was one of the first mass-produced novels in the United States, prior printing of books generally done by hand. The 2,500 copies first printed sold out in days, and the mass-production of books opened up conversation about books and authors to a wider-audience on a national level. The first edition of The Scarlet Letter sold out in ten days and “made Hawthorne’s fame, changed his fortune and gave to our literature its first symbolic novel a year before the appearance of Melville’s Moby-Dick” (Bradley). Although an instant best-seller, the books sales over fourteen years only brought the author $1500.
Summary
A stark and allegorical tale of adultery, guilt, and social repression in Puritan New England, The Scarlet Letter is a foundational work of American literature. Nathaniel Hawthorne's exploration of the dichotomy between the public and private self, internal passion and external convention, gives us the unforgettable Hester Prynne, who discovers strength in the face of ostracism and emerges as a heroine ahead of her time.
First Edition Identification
First edition published by Ticknor, Reeds and Fields, in Boston 1850. Main first edition marker is "reduplicate" instead of "repudiate" on page 21 Four page publisher's adverts at front dated March 1, 1850 and preceding the free end paper. The brown T-cloth favored by Ticknor & Fields is famous for becoming brittle with age, and cracking or fraying at the spine tips. First editions can run upwards of $20,000.
The second edition adds a preface and has a Metcalf imprint on verso of title-page. The third printing has the same preface but has a Hobart & Robbins imprint on verso of title-page.
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- Title The Scarlet Letter
- Author Nathaniel Hawthorne; Introduction by Nina Baym; Notes by Thomas E. Connolly
- Binding Paperback
- Edition Revised
- Pages 272
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Penguin Group, E Rutherford, New Jersey, U.S.A.
- Date December 31, 2002
- ISBN 9780142437261 / 0142437263
- Weight 0.48 lbs (0.22 kg)
- Dimensions 7.79 x 5.08 x 0.65 in (19.79 x 12.90 x 1.65 cm)
- Ages 18 to UP years
- Grade levels 13 - UP
- Reading level 410
- Library of Congress subjects Historical fiction, Adultery
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 2003269788
- Dewey Decimal Code FIC
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