The scarlet letter / by Nathaniel Hawthorne
dc.contributor | Michael Hart, Project Gutenberg |
dc.coverage.placeName | London ; New York |
dc.date.accessioned | 2018-07-27 |
dc.date.accessioned | 2019-07-04T09:57:50Z |
dc.date.available | 2019-07-04T09:57:50Z |
dc.date.created | 1850 |
dc.date.issued | 1993-06-10 |
dc.identifier | ota:1838 |
dc.identifier.citation | http://purl.ox.ac.uk/ota/1838 |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12024/1838 |
dc.description.abstract | Bibliography: p. [3]-4 |
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dc.language | English |
dc.language.iso | eng |
dc.publisher | University of Oxford |
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dc.relation.isreplacedby | http://purl.ox.ac.uk/ota/3258 |
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dc.rights.label | PUB |
dc.subject.lcsh | Novels -- United States -- 19th century |
dc.subject.other | Novels |
dc.title | The scarlet letter / by Nathaniel Hawthorne |
dc.type | Text |
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otaterms.date.range | 1800-1899 |
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<text>
<front>
<tPage>
<dTitle type=main>THE SCARLET LETTER
<byLine>by
<dAuthor>Nathaniel Hawthorne</dAuthor></byLine>
<dImprint>
THIS ELECTRONIC EDITION WAS
PREPARED AT DARTMOUTH COLLEGE
FROM THE EVERYMAN'S LIBRARY EDITION, 1906
PRINTED IN GREAT BRITAIN
LONDON & TORONTO: J. M. DENT & SONS LTD.
NEW YORK, E. P. DUTTON & CO.
</dImprint>
</tPage>
<div type='biographical note'>
<head>EDITOR'S NOTE</head>
<p>NATHANIEL HAWTHORNE was already a man of forty-six, and a tale
writer of some twenty-four years' standing, when &odq;The Scarlet
Letter&cdq; appeared. He was born at Salem, Mass., on July 4th, 1804,
son of a sea-captain. He led there a shy and rather sombre life;
of few artistic encouragements, yet not wholly uncongenial, his
moody, intensely meditative temperament being considered. Its
colours and shadows are marvelously reflected in his &odq;Twice-Told
Tales&cdq; and other short stories, the product of his first literary
period. Even . . .