The Portable Hawthorne

By Nathaniel Hawthorne

Book Overview

The Portable Hawthorne includes writings from each major stage in the career of Nathaniel Hawthorne- a number of his most intriguing early tales, all of The Scarlet Letter, excerpts from his three subsequently published romances- The House of Seven Gables , The Blithedale Romance , and The Marble Faun -as well as passages from his European journals and a sampling of his last, unfinished works. The editor's introduction and head notes trace the evolution of Hawthorne's writing over the course of his long career- from the tales, to their apotheosis in The Scarlet Letter , through his popular romances, to his private journals and frustrated attempts at another romance. Readers looking for a critical vantage point from which to see Hawthorne whole-his artistic rise, triumph, and sad decline-can find it in this collection.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0143039288
• ISBN13: 9780143039280
• Release Date: November 2005
• Publisher: Penguin Classics
• Length: 464 Pages
• Weight: 0.43 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 5.0" x 7.7"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher