Title
The scarlet letter / Nathaniel Hawthorne ; edited with an introduction and notes by Harry Levin.
Publication
Boston : Houghton Mifflin Company, [1960]
Manufacture
Cambridge, Massachusetts : The Riverside Press Cambridge
Copyright Notice Date
©1960
Physical Description
xxvi, 262 pages : illustrations, facsimiles ; 21 cm.
Local Notes
BEIN Za H318 850R: Paperbound.
BEIN Tanselle Z44 0311: Paperbound. Riverside Editions pamphlet attached to page 2 of cover; contains series catalog, and on cover: At the request of Mr. Thomas E. Gifford, we are pleased to send you an examination copy of this book.
Notes
"First publlished in 1850"--Title page verso.
Summary
Classic tale about Hester, her lover, their child, and Hester's husband, and the effect of sin on the mind and spirit of these characters.
Other formats
Online version: Hawthorne, Nathaniel, 1804-1864. Scarlet letter. Boston, Houghton Mifflin [1960]
Added to Catalog
June 01, 2002
Bibliography
"Bibliographical note": pages xxiii-xxvi.
Genre/Form
Fiction.
Historical fiction.
History.
Psychological fiction.
Psychological fiction.
Historical fiction.
Review copies (Printing)
Also listed under
Houghton Mifflin Company, publisher.
Riverside Press (Cambridge, Mass.), printer.
United States Massachusetts Boston.
United States Massachusetts Cambridge.