My Favorite 19th-Century American Writers
Discover the best 19th-century American writers and their timeless works, featuring Nathaniel Hawthorne's Tales and Sketches and The Scarlet Letter—essential fiction for lovers of classic American literature.
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The Scarlet Letter
by Nathaniel Hawthorne
Hailed by Henry James as "the finest piece of imaginative writing yet put forth in the country," Nathaniel Hawthorne's The Scarlet Letter reaches to our nation's historical and moral roots for the material of great tragedy. Set in an early New England colony, the novel shows the terrible impact a single, passionate act has on the lives of three members of the community: the defiant Hester Prynne; the fiery, tortured Reverend Dimmesdale; and the obsessed, vengeful Chillingworth. With The Scarlet Letter, Hawthorne became the first American novelist to forge from our Puritan heritage a universal classic, a masterful exploration of humanity's unending struggle with sin, guilt and pride.
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Tales and Sketches
by Nathaniel Hawthorne
An authoritative edition of all the tales and sketches in a single comprehensive volume.
