HAWTHORNE, Nathaniel.
The Scarlet Letter.
NATHANIEL HAWTHORNE'S THE SCARLET LETTER; FINELY BOUND BY BAYNTUN-RIVIERE
London: Routledge and Co, 1851.
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Finely bound example of Hawthorne's masterwork. Octavo, finely bound in full crushed crimson levant morocco by Bayntun-Riviere with morocco spine labels lettered in gilt, elaborate gilt tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands, double gilt ruling to the panels with gilt turn-ins and inner dentelles, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt. In fine condition. A beautiful 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.
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