HAWTHORNE, Nathaniel.
The Scarlet Letter.
New York: Random House Inc , 1928.
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“She had not known the weight until she felt the freedom”: Random House Limited Edition of Nathaniel Hawthorne's The Scarlet Letter
Random House limited edition of Hawthorne’s masterpiece. Octavo, original publisher's half morocco with gilt titles to the spine, illustrated with wood blocks designed and engraved by Valenti Angelo. One of 980 numbered copies, this is number 895. In very good condition. Printed by Edwin and Robert Grabhorn. A nice example.
"The most memorable and original aspect of The Scarlet Letter lies in Hawthorne's portrait of Hester Prynne, who has been described as "the first true heroine of American fiction", a woman whose experience evokes the biblical fate of Eve. Hawthorne's achievement is to make her passion noble, her defiance heartbreaking and her frailty inspiring. She becomes the archetype of the free-thinking American woman grappling with herself and her sexuality in a cold, patriarchal society" (The Guardian). The first edition of The Scarlet Letter sold out in ten days and “made Hawthorne’s fame, changed his fortune and gave to our literature its first symbolic novel a year before the appearance of Melville’s Moby-Dick” (Bradley).
The Scarlet Letter.
$275.00
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