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Author: (American) Hawthorne
Translator: Yao Naiqiang
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Publish Date: 2005-04-01
Features: The Scarlet Letter was included in the "List of Literary Works for Raising Artistic Standards" by Ernest Hemingway, the 1954 Nobel Prize in Literature laureate and American writer. In his book Books and You, the British novelist and playwright W. Somerset Maugham introduced what he considered true literary masterpieces, including The Scarlet Letter. Hawthorne was a prominent representative of late 19th-century American Romanticism and the pioneer of Romantic novels in American literary history. His literary works and artistic achievements had a profound influence on a group of highly accomplished American writers such as Hemingway, F. Scott Fitzgerald, and William Faulkner, earning him the title of "the writer's writer." Hawthorne was highly regarded by his contemporaries and later generations of writers. Herman Melville, the author of Moby-Dick, called Hawthorne equal to Shakespeare in literary merit. The renowned novelist Henry James of the late 19th century praised Hawthorne, saying, "His works will live for generations, and his name will be celebrated forever."