Bøger af Nathaniel Hawthorne

Introduction and Notes by Henry Claridge, Senior Lecturer, School of English, University of Kent at Canterbury.This is a troubling story of crime, sin, guilt, punishment and expiation, set in the rigid moral climate of 17th-century New England. The young mother of an illegitimate child confronts her Puritan judges.However, it is not so much her harsh sentence, but the cruelties of slowly exposed guilt as her lover is revealed, that hold the reader enthralled all the way to the book's poignant climax.

First published in 1850, Nathaniel Hawthorne's historical study of guilt and sin has since been lauded as the most important work of fiction by its distinguished author - and a landmark of American literature.

Efter en strid mellem oberst Pyncheon og tømreren Matthew Maule bliver obersten fundet død i sit værelse og kort efter bliver Maule henrettet som troldkarl. Siden da har familien Pyncheon været forbandet og den gamle frk. Hepzibah sidder flere år efter alene i familiens store gamle hus. Folk er bange for hende, og da hun beslutter sig for at åbne en skillingsbutik, er folk mere nysgerrige end begejstrede. Så dukker den unge og ubekymrede Phoebe op, og tingene tager en drejning for Hepzibah, men under overfladen lurer forbandelsen stadig. Da Hepzibahs bror kommer hjem, begynder dommer Pyncheon også at vise sit ansigt i huset igen, og gamle hemmeligheder dukker op til overfladen. Hemmeligheder om forbandelser, hekseri, falske anklager og hemmeligheder om mord. Nathaniel Hawthorne (1804-1864) er en af den amerikanske litteraturs ’founding fathers’, læst og elsket af samtidige forfattere som Edgar Allan Poe og Herman Melville og kanoniseret af eftertiden side om side med disse. Hans værker behandler ofte begreber som menneskets synd og ondskab, og man mærker også tydeligt det sort-romantiske i ‘Huset med de syv gavle’, der ligesom de fleste af hans historier udspiller sig i Massachusetts, hvor Hawthorne selv voksede op.

På Toldboden i Salem finder vores fortæller en gammel frønnet klud. Et falmet, men stadig skarlagenrødt A, der akkompagneres af den tidligere toldinspektør Jonathan Pues optegnelser. Det bliver udgangspunktet for historien om Hester Prynne.‘Det skarlagenrøde bogstav’ tager sin begyndelse i 1642 i det puritanske Boston. Den unge Hester dømmes til at bære bogstavet A, men selvom hun bogstaveligt talt er mærket af sin synd, angrer hun tilsyneladende ikke, og skammens mærke vokser sig på forunderlig vis til et styrkende symbol på Hesters indentitet.Denne udgave er forsynet med et uddybende efterskrift af oversætter Hans-Jørgen Birkmose.Om Charles Dickens’ Spøgelseshistorier (2020):“… kurateret og oversat til fortræffelighed af den danske godfather inden for victoriansk litteratur, Hans-Jørgen Birkmose.”*****BerlingskeEn stramt komponeret og medrivende romance om individets værdighed i åben konfrontation mod konformiteten.

"The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne is a classic novel set in Puritanical Boston in the mid-17th century. It tells the story of Hester Prynne, a young woman who is publicly shamed and ostracized for having a child out of wedlock. Hester is forced to wear a scarlet "A" on her clothing to signify her status as an adulterer. As she struggles to survive in a Puritanical society that is unforgiving of her sins, Hester is eventually able to redeem herself through her strong will and determination. The novel examines themes of sin, guilt, and repentance in a powerful way."--

After a two-year absence a husband returns to find his wife wearing the scarlet 'A' for Adulteress on her breast. Determined to find her lover, he embarks on a destructive path of revenge. This edition uses the most authoritative text, with a wide-ranging critical introduction.

VINTAGE CLASSICS' AMERICAN GOTHIC SERIESSpine-tingling, mind-altering and deliciously atmospheric, journey into the dark side of America with nine of its most uncanny classics.Hester Prynne is a beautiful young woman. She is also an outcast. In the eyes of her neighbours she has committed an unforgivable sin. Everyone knows that her little daughter, Pearl, is the product of an illicit affair but no one knows the identity of Pearl's father. Hester's refusal to name him brings more condemnation upon her. But she stands strong in the face of public scorn, even when she is forced to wear the sign of her shame sewn onto her clothes: the scarlet letter 'A' for 'Adulteress'

Reproduction of the original. The publishing house Megali specialises in reproducing historical works in large print to make reading easier for people with impaired vision.

Reprint of the original, first published in 1876.

"Fanshawe" is an ancient fiction romance story book written by Nathaniel Hawthorne. The story of this book falls to the romance fiction category, which means that it presents viewers with an information of the complicated nature of human relationships and the success of 1's desires. Set in a bucolic New England hamlet, "Fanshawe" follows the identify person, a younger Harvard scholar, as he navigates the turbulent waters of gaining knowledge of and ardour. Hawthorne's story is overflowing with shiny characters and elaborate twists within the plot, as Fanshawe becomes worried in an internet of mysteries and betrayals. At its maximum essential, "Fanshawe" is a novel regarding self-discovery and ethical non secular awakening, as the primary man or woman confronts the effects of his decisions and attempts forgiveness in the face of adversity. Hawthorne's extremely good language and acute expertise of the human psyche make "Fanshawe" a timeless have a look at of the state of humanity. Although Hawthorne in the end renounced "Fanshawe" and it's far now one in every of his less well-known works, the tale offers crucial insights into the author's early fashion of writing and subject preoccupations. Fans of Hawthorne's greater popular works, which include "The Scarlet Letter," are going to find lots to understand on this early masterpiece of American literature."

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