Scarlet Letter & Other Tales of the Puritans / Edition 1

by Nathaniel Hawthorne

Overview

The Scarlet Letter, among Hawthorne's larger works, has been generally rated as his characteristic best.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	2900395051534
Publisher:	Houghton Mifflin Company College Division
Publication date:	05/28/2005
Series:	Riverside Editions Series
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	404
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 1.25(h) x 9.00(d)

About the Author

One of the greatest authors in American literature, Nathaniel Hawthorne (1804-1864) was a novelist and short story writer born in Salem, Massachusetts. Hawthorne’s best-known books include The House of the Seven Gables and The Scarlet Letter, works marked by a psychological depth and moral insight seldom equaled by other writers.

Date of Birth:

July 4, 1804

Date of Death:

May 19, 1864

Place of Birth:

Salem, Massachusetts

Place of Death:

Plymouth, New Hampshire

Education:

Bowdoin College, Brunswick, Maine, 1824