The Scarlet Letter (Penguin Classics)
by Nathaniel Hawthorne
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Author: Nathaniel HawthorneEditor: Thomas E. Connolly
Introduction: Nina Baym
Edition: Paperback
Audio: English (Original Language); English (Unknown); English (Published)
Published: 2002-12-31
ISBN: 0142437263
Number of pages: 272
Publisher: Penguin Classics
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Book Review: One of the best novels ever
Summary: 5 Stars
'The Scarlet Letter' is a beautifully written and perfectly balanced classic of American literature, addressing in a lean 251 pages countless issues of the human experience: love, the nature of sin and shame and repentance, revenge and mercy, civilization and wild, society and ostracism. In bald terms, 'The Scarlet Letter' is absolutely one of the best pieces of writing ever, um, written.
A lot of people seem to take umbrage at Hawthorne's affected 19th-century style. My advice to you: get over it. It's a style, no more or less valid than any other style, and though it is a kind of writing that is out of fashion at the moment, Hawthorne manages to create an extremely deep and moving story much more effectively than most of the modern authors I read. The same advice do I offer to those who complain that they were 'forced' to read this book for a class. Please, skip the next episode of 'Gilmore Girls' and sit down with a book like this one. Your mind will thank you later.
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