La letra escarlata
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Baym, Nina, writer of introduction.
Donoso, José, 1924-1996, translator.
Donoso, Pilar, 1967-2011, translator.
Published
Barcelona : Penguin Clásicos, [2015].
Format
Book
Edition
Primera edición.
ISBN
9788491051107, 8491051104
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xxxiv, 255 pages ; 19 cm.
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Published
Barcelona : Penguin Clásicos, [2015].
Edition
Primera edición.
Language
Spanish
ISBN
9788491051107, 8491051104

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Título original: The scarlet letter.
Description
Ambientada en la Nueva Inglaterra de los puritanos del siglo XVII, La letra escarlata (1849) narra el terrible impacto que un simple acto de pasión desencadena en las vidas de tres miembros de la comunidad: Hester Prynne, una mujer de espíritu libre e independiente, objeto del escarnio público y condenada a llevar la "A" de "Adúltera"; el reverendo Dimmesdale, un alma atormentada por la culpa aunque digno de la estima general, y Chillingworth, un ser siniestro, cruel y vengativo, que maquina en la sombra. La presente edición incluye una introducción de la catedrática Nina Baym, cuya labor investigadora se ha centrado en el estudio de la literatura americana del siglo XIX. En el año 2000 recibió la medalla Jay Hubble que otorga la Modern Language Association por sus valiosas aportaciones en esta materia.
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First published in 1850, "The Scarlet Letter" is Nathaniel Hawthorne's masterpiece and one of the greatest American novels. Its themes of sin, guilt, and redemption, woven through a story of adultery in the early days of the Massachusetts Colony, are revealed with remarkable psychological penetration and understanding of the human heart. Hester Prynne is the adulteress, forced by the Puritan community to wear a scarlet letter A on the breast of her gown. Arthur Dimmesdale, the minister and the secret father of her child, Pearl, struggles with the agony of conscience and his own weakness. Roger Chillingworth, Hester's husband, revenges himself on Dimmesdale by calculating assaults on the frail mental state of the conscience-stricken cleric. The result is an American tragedy of stark power and emotional depth that has mesmerized critics and readers for nearly a century and a half.
Language
Text in Spanish = Texto en español.

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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)

Hawthorne, N., Baym, N., Donoso, J., & Donoso, P. (2015). La letra escarlata (Primera edición.). Penguin Clásicos.

Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Nathaniel Hawthorne et al.. 2015. La Letra Escarlata. Barcelona: Penguin Clásicos.

Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Nathaniel Hawthorne et al.. La Letra Escarlata Barcelona: Penguin Clásicos, 2015.

MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)

Hawthorne, Nathaniel, Nina Baym, José Donoso, and Pilar Donoso. La Letra Escarlata Primera edición., Penguin Clásicos, 2015.

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