Individual Leveled Reader: The Scarlet Letter Hardcover - 1995

The Scarlet Letter: A Romance (1850) is considered the American author Nathaniel Hawthorne's 'masterwork.' A work of historical fiction set in the Massachusetts Bay Colony during the Puritan settlement of 1642-1949 itells the story of Hester Prynne, who after having a child as a result of an extra-marital affair attempts to live a life of repentance and dignity although she is marked by having to wear a Scarlett A on her person. Throughout the novel, Hawthorne explores themes of legalism, sin, and guilt.

The Scarlett Letter was one of the first mass-produced novels in the United States, prior printing of books generally done by hand. The 2,500 copies first printed sold out in days, and the mass-production of books opened up conversation about books and authors to a wider-audience on a national level. The first edition of The Scarlet Letter sold out in ten days and “made Hawthorne’s fame, changed his fortune and gave to our literature its first symbolic novel a year before the appearance of Melville’s Moby-Dick” (Bradley). Although an instant best-seller, the books sales over fourteen years only brought the author $1500.

Details

• Title Individual Leveled Reader: The Scarlet Letter
• Author Hrw
• Binding Hardcover
• Edition [ Edition: First
• Pages 320
• Volumes 1
• Language ENG
• Publisher Holt McDougal, Orlando, Florida, U.S.A.
• Date December 1995
• ISBN 9780030957680 / 0030957680
• Weight 0.86 lbs (0.39 kg)
• Dimensions 8.64 x 5.67 x 0.78 in (21.95 x 14.40 x 1.98 cm)
• Ages 14 to 15 years
• Grade levels 9 - 10
• Reading level 990
• Library of Congress subjects Historical fiction, Psychological fiction
• Library of Congress Catalog Number 2001265865
• Dewey Decimal Code FIC