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The Scarlet Letter
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Binding: Mass Market Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 813.3
EAN: 9780743487566
ISBN: 0743487567
Label: Pocket
Manufacturer: Pocket
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 400
Publication Date: April 27, 2004
Publisher: Pocket
Studio: Pocket
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Editorial Review:
ENDURING LITERATURE ILLUMINATED
BY PRACTICAL SCHOLARSHIP
Hawthorne's classic treatise on morality, judgment, and exile in Puritan America.
EACH ENRICHED CLASSIC EDITION INCLUDES:
• A concise introduction that gives readers important background information
• A chronology of the author's life and work
• A timeline of significant events that provides the book's historical context
• An outline of key themes and plot points to help readers form their own interpretations
• Detailed explanatory notes
• Critical analysis, including contemporary and modern perspectives on the work
• Discussion questions to promote lively classroom and book group interaction
• A list of recommended related books and films to broaden the reader's experience
Enriched Classics offer readers affordable editions of great works of literature enhanced by helpful notes and insightful commentary. The scholarship provided in Enriched Classics enables readers to appreciate, understand, and enjoy the world's finest books to their full potential.
SERIES EDITED BY CYNTHIA BRANTLEY JOHNSON
Customer Reviews
Average Rating: 
Rating: - A true classic for me
I was always skeptical when teachers used the term "classic" when referring to a book. It always seemed to me to be a term to describe books I had to read that were going to suck. The Scarlet Letter was a happy exception; one that actually has meaning today as it did when written.
I really enjoy historical fiction. Hawthorne easily puts a reader into the time period by laying out the facts of puritan life and laws, the dress of the time, as well as with the old-fashioned dialog. Hestor's ... Read More
Rating: - wonderful book filled with insightful knowledge
In this powerful and moving piece by Hawthorne, he reveals the presence of societal pressures which affect character judgment. Set in the late 1840s and published around that time, Hawthorne's story takes place in Salem and Concord, Massachusetts. He writes in an omniscient point of view, revealing the thoughts and prejudices of each character while interjecting his opinion along with the side.
After the rather boring and tedious introduction which made me almost not want to read the book, ... Read More
Rating:  - A Passionately Written Book, But It Does Happen to Bore Me
The Scarlet Letter shows Nathaniel Hawthorne at his finest. The imagery is quite wonderful, but there's only so many times you can say the same thing. The images in this novel stretch out far longer than needed.
I nearly couldn't make it through. I do like to see every detail given it's fullest attention but even this is too much.
This book is one that is very vivid and quite pleasing to understand, but hard to read and not as easy to follow. Sometimes there's only one resourceful ... Read More
Rating: - This is when I fell in love with Nathaniel.......
Just look at a portrait of him as a young man, note the noble brow, the handsome features, the sensitivity, how romantic......... Curl up with this book and let Nathaniel tell you his tale in his beautiful poetic language . This is a book to be read quietly, alone, not in an airport lounge or on the subway, but preferably in a beautiful garden or sunroom with the windows open. Let the beauty of his language flow over you and transport you back in time.
It is over 200 years since Nathaniel ... Read More
Rating: - Great Book
In high school I switched English levels, which left me lacking in a lot of classic high school reads. This includes authors from Twain to Salinger and just about every generic book that someone says: "Oh, I read that in high school." This weekend I finally gave in to read Nathaniel Hawthorne's The Scarlett Letter and it was brilliant. His short piece The Custom House precedes the story and it was so descriptive and funny and that's certainly one adjective (funny) that I've never heard paired with Hawthorne. Most ... Read More
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