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Title: The Scarlet Letter, a Romance by Nathaniel Hawthorne, John Stephen Martin ISBN: 1-55111-046-6 Publisher: Broadview Press Pub. Date: March, 1995 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $9.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4 (1 review)
Rating: 4
Summary: Challenging the Norm in Puritannical America
Comment: I'm sure most of you have heard of the book by Nathaniel Hawthorne, "The Scarlet Letter". Hawthorne weaves a tale of hardship, struggle, and victory as we follow the life of Hester Prynne, a woman who has had a child out of wedlock, whom she names Pearl. She is shunned from the community, refuses to confess the identity of Pearl's father, and is forced to wear a letter "A" on her dress, the symbol for adultery. Fighting against the stifling and hypocritical ways of Puritan life, Hester rebels in her own way, first by embellishing her letter with fine embroidery. This book gives us a look at what it is like to live in Puritan America from not just a woman's point of view, but a so-called "sinner's" point of view as well. As we read this book, we come to see how the letter becomes a symbol of strength and freedom for Hester, in a fight against facades of piety and hypocrisy. A very good novel, and Hawthorne does a wonderful job in the portrayal of his characters. Another little known fact, Hawthorne's grandfather was a judge at the Salem witch trials and Nathaniel was so embarassed by the affiliation, that he changed the spelling of his last name to distance himself from his grandfather and what he stood for. A very good novel, definitely something that everyone should read. Besides, don't you want to know the identity of Hester's lover? Go and read this book!
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Title: Creeds of the Churches: A Reader in Christian Doctrine, from the Bible to the Present by John Haddon Leith ISBN: 0804205264 Publisher: John Knox Pr Pub. Date: January, 1983 List Price(USD): $29.95 |
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Title: The Fairy Queen: A Modernized Selection (Everyman) by Edmund Spenser, Douglas Brooks-Davies, Douglas Brooks-Davis ISBN: 0460875728 Publisher: Everymans Library List Price(USD): $10.50 |
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Title: Martin Luther : Selections From His Writing by Martin Luther, John Dillenberger ISBN: 0385098766 Publisher: Anchor Pub. Date: 20 February, 1958 List Price(USD): $15.00 |
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Title: Institutes of the Christian Religion (Two Volumes in One) by John Calvin, Henry Beveridge ISBN: 0802881661 Publisher: Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Co. Pub. Date: May, 1995 List Price(USD): $35.00 |
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Title: Treatise on Happiness by Thomas, St. Aquinas, John A. Oesterle, Saint Thomas Aquinas ISBN: 0268018499 Publisher: Univ of Notre Dame Pr Pub. Date: November, 1983 List Price(USD): $13.00 |
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