The Scarlet Letter[红字]

图书标准信息

• 作者 Nathaniel Hawthorne 著
• 出版社 Simon & Schuster US
• 出版时间 2011-05
• 版次 0003
• ISBN 9781607148654
• 定价 67.20元
• 装帧 平装
• 开本 其他
• 纸张 其他
• 页数 560页
• 正文语种 英语
• 丛书 Kaplan Test Prep

【内容简介】

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【作者简介】

NathanielHawthorne"Words--soinnocentandpowerlessastheyare,asstandinginadictionary,howpotentforgoodandeviltheybecomeinthehandsofonewhoknowshowtocombinethem,"NathanielHawthorneoncereflected.Hawthorne'sownwordsindeedhadanundeniablepower.AuthorofTheScarletLetterandoriginatoroftheAmericanshortstory,Hawthorneleftanindelibleimpressiononliteraturethatwouldinfluencehisfellowwritersintothenextcentury.BiographyNathanielHathorne,Jr.,wasbornintoanestablishedNewEnglandpuritanfamilyonIndependenceDay,1804,inSalem,Massachusetts.Afterthesuddendeathofhisfather,heandhismotherandsistersmovedinwithhismother'sfamilyinSalem.Nathaniel'searlyeducationwasinformal;hewashome-schooledbytutorsuntilheenrolledinBowdoinCollegeinBrunswick,Maine.Uninterestedinconventionalprofessionssuchaslaw,medicine,ortheministry,Nathanielchoseinsteadtorely"forsupportuponmypen."Aftergraduation,hereturnedtohishometown,wroteshortstoriesandsketches,andchancedthespellingofhissurnameto"Hawthorne."Hawthorne'scoterieconsistedoftranscendentalistthinkers,includingRalphWaldoEmersonandHenryDavidThoreau.Althoughhedidnotsubscribeentirelytothegroup'sphilosophy,helivedforsixmonthsatBrookFarm,acooperativelivingcommunitythetranscendentalistsestablishedinWestRoxbury,Massachusetts.OnJuly9,1942,HawthornemarriedafollowerofEmerson,SophiaPeabody,withwhomhehadadaughter,Una,andason,Julian.ThecouplepurchasedamansioninConcord,Massachusetts,thatpreviouslyhadbeenoccupiedbyauthorLouisaMayAlcott.Frequentlyinfinancialdifficulty,HawthorneworkedatthecustomhousesinSalemandBostontosupporthisfamilyandhiswriting.Hispeacefullifewasinterruptedwhenhiscollegefriend,FranklinPierce,nowpresidentoftheUnitedStates,appointedhimU.S.consulatLiverpool,England,whereheservedforfouryears.ThepublicationofTheScarletLetterin1850changedthewaysocietyviewedPuritanism.Consideredhismasterpiece,thenovelfocusesonHawthorne'srecurrentthemesofsin,guilt,andpunishment.Somecriticshaveattributedhissenseofguilttohisancestors'connectionwiththepersecutionofQuakersinseventeenth-centuryNewEnglandandtheirprominentroleintheSalemwitchcrafttrialsinthe1690s.OnMay19,1864,HawthornediedinPlymouth,NewHampshire,leavingbehindseveralunfinishednovelsthatwerepublishedposthumously.HeisburiedatSleepyHollowCemeteryinConcord,Massachusetts.AuthorbiographyfromtheBarnes&NobleClassicseditionofTheScarletLetter.GoodToKnowHawthorne'sbirthnamewasactuallyNathanielHathorne.It'srumoredthatheaddeda"w"toavoidbeingassociatedwithhisPuritangrandfather,JudgeHathorne--whopresidedovertheSalemWitchTrials.AmongHawthorne'speersatMaine'sBowdoinCollege:authorHenryWadsworthLongfellowandFranklinPierce,whowouldlaterbecomethecountry's14thpresident.Initsfirstweekofpublication,TheScarletLettersold4,000copies.HawthornediedonMay19,1864,atthePemigewassetHouseinPlymouth,NewHampshire.Ironically,formerpresidentFranklinPiercehadadvisedhimtogothereforhishealth.DateofBirth:七月4,1804PlaceofBirth:Salem,MassachusettsDateofDeath:五月19,1864PlaceofDeath:Plymouth,NewHampshireEducation:BowdoinCollege,Brunswick,Maine,1824