Forfatter fødeår: 1804-1864
Nathaniel Hawthorne (1804–1864) er forfatternes forfatter. Han var måske den eneste amerikanske prosaist, Edgar Allan Poe for alvor respekterede. Herman... Læs mere
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... Læs mere
A young mother of an illegitimate child confronts her Puritan judges. This book describes the cruelties of slowly exposed guilt as her lover is revealed.
Nathaniel Hawthorne er bl.a. forfatter til ‘Det flammende bogstav’, og hans værker har litteraturhistorisk klassiker-status. Klim har tidligere udgivet ‘Huset med de syv gavle’ og... Læs mere
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... Læs mere
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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... Læs mere
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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.
Age range 10 to 13 Tales of Greek mythology have entertained countless generations of young readers with their accounts of brave heroes and heroines and the... Læs mere
A tale of Hester Prynne, imprisoned, publicly shamed, and forced to wear a scarlet 'A' for committing adultery and bearing an illegitimate child, Pearl. In their small, Puritan... Læs mere