Red characters (Full translation of the illustrated edition)

Author: (American) Hawthorne
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Publish Date: 2005-11-01
Features: The Scarlet Letter was included in the "List of Literary Works to Enhance Artistic Standards" by Nobel Prize-winning American author Ernest Hemingway in 1954. British novelist and playwright W. Somerset Maugham introduced The Book and You, listing The Scarlet Letter as one of the true masterpieces of literature. Hawthorne was a prominent figure in 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 accomplished American writers such as Hemingway, F. Scott Fitzgerald, and William Faulkner, earning him the title "The Writer of Writers." Hawthorne was highly regarded by his contemporaries and later generations of writers. Herman Melville, the author of Moby-Dick, called Hawthorne equal to Shakespeare of England. 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 for eternity."