[Pocket Edition] World Literature Classics Library - The Scarlet Letter

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Publish Date: 2005-09-01
Features: This book is part of the "World Literary Masterpieces Collection," a fully translated and illustrated edition. The novel is set in colonial America two hundred years ago, but it exposes the cruelty of the legal codes, the deception of religion, and the hypocrisy of morality in 19th-century capitalist America. The novel frequently uses symbolism, with characters, plots, and language all rich in subjective imagination. It often prioritizes psychological and intuitive descriptions. As a result, it is not only a representative of American Romanticism but also considered the pioneer of American psychological fiction. The Scarlet Letter was included in the "List of Literary Works to Enhance Artistic Standards" by the 1954 Nobel Prize in Literature laureate, American writer Ernest Hemingway. British novelist and playwright W. Somerset Maugham introduced The Scarlet Letter as one of the true masterpieces in his book Of Human Bondage. Hawthorne was a prominent figure in 19th-century American Romanticism and the pioneer of Romanticism in American literary history. His 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's writer." Hawthorne was highly regarded by his contemporaries and later generations of writers. Herman Melville, the author of Moby-Dick, once called Hawthorne equal to Shakespeare of England. The renowned novelist Henry James of the late 19th century praised Hawthorne, saying, "His works will endure for generations, and his name will live in glory."