The Scarlet Letter
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The Scarlet Letter
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Nathaniel Hawthorne became one of the first major American writers recognized outside the United States. His novel The Scarlet Letter, published in 1850, was widely acclaimed in Europe. It became the writer's most famous work. The Scarlet Letter could be considered a historical novel, since the action takes place in the 17th century during the colonization of the shores of Massachusetts Bay and the founding of Boston. Hawthorne tried to describe the very spirit of those times, which was the basis of the entire civilization of the New World. The writer's contemporaries, increasingly drawn into the whirlpool of mercantilism, sought to understand the origins and causes of their current state. Hawthorne's novel, built on the clash of the strict postulates of Puritan dogma with the free expression of feelings, partly provided answers to these questions.
This edition is supplemented by little-known diary entries by the writer, which he made shortly before the publication of The Scarlet Letter. This short story became a completely new word in fiction for its time. Before Hawthorne, no writer had written about the life of a father left alone with a small child for a long time.
This edition is supplemented by little-known diary entries by the writer, which he made shortly before the publication of The Scarlet Letter. This short story became a completely new word in fiction for its time. Before Hawthorne, no writer had written about the life of a father left alone with a small child for a long time.
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