HarperCollins is pround to present its new range of best-loved, essential classics. 'Ah, but let her cover the mark as she will, the pang of it will be always in her heart.' A tale of sin, punishment and atonement, The Scarlet Letter exposes the moral rigidity of a 17th-Century Puritan New England community when faced with the illegitimate child of a young mother. Regarded as the first real heroine of American fiction, it is Hester Prynne's strength of character that resonates with the reader when her harsh sentence is cast. It is in her refusal to reveal the identity of the father in the face of her accusers that Hawthorne champions his heroine and berates the weakness of Society for attacking the innocent.
0 有用 Ultima Multis 2023-01-11 15:16:55 安徽
–It is a curious subject of observation and inquiry, whether hatred and love be not the same thing at bottom. - The angel and apostle of the coming revelation must be a woman, indeed, but lofty, pure... –It is a curious subject of observation and inquiry, whether hatred and love be not the same thing at bottom. - The angel and apostle of the coming revelation must be a woman, indeed, but lofty, pure, and beautiful; and wise, moreover, not through dusky grief, but the ethereal medium of joy; and showing how sacred love should make us happy. (展开)
0 有用 向风 2016-11-11 15:55:13
很喜欢海关那章。霍桑真爱用em dash。另外至少对我来说，这本书不适合在火车上看。。。
0 有用 梨 2014-10-25 21:10:24
我就不是很喜欢作者的道德观而且好多段落好烦啊真的就像后来凑字数加的。不过心理描写棒棒哒