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內(nèi)容簡(jiǎn)介

　　“海斯特？白蘭，你和你的一切都是我的。”一位消失了兩年的丈夫?qū)λ钠拮诱f(shuō)出了這句冷酷的話。但是她緊緊抱住的孩子卻不是他的，海斯特因而必須把紅色的“A”字穿在胸口，讓所有人知道她犯了通奸罪。無(wú)畏而驕傲的海斯特從此見(jiàn)證了兩個(gè)不同的男人逐漸墮落，道德和法律的激烈碰撞制造了無(wú)窮的痛苦。 'Thou and thine， Hester Prynne， belong to me.' With these chilling words a husband claims his wife after a two-year absence. But the child she clutches is not his， and Hester must wear a scarlet 'A' upon her breast， the sin of adultery visible to all. Defiant and proud， Hester witnesses the degradation of two very different men， as moral codes and legal imperatives painfully collide. The text of this edition is taken from the Centenary Edition of Hawthorne's works， the most authoritative critical edition.

作者簡(jiǎn)介

　　納撒尼爾？霍桑（1804—1864），美國(guó)小說(shuō)家，以寓言和象征主義小說(shuō)聞名，出生于馬薩諸塞州的薩勒姆鎮(zhèn)，祖先是1630年Di一批從英國(guó)移民到新英格蘭的清教徒?；羯Ｔ趧?chuàng)作中一直保持著對(duì)出生地歷史和傳說(shuō)的興趣，尤其是在早期創(chuàng)作的小說(shuō)中，對(duì)清教徒的價(jià)值觀、父權(quán)壓制、對(duì)藝術(shù)等各種形式的自由的追求進(jìn)行了探索。1850年出版的《紅字》為他帶來(lái)了評(píng)論界的好評(píng)，接下來(lái)他繼續(xù)創(chuàng)作了兩部浪漫主義作品《七個(gè)尖角閣的老宅》和《福谷傳奇》，鞏固了他在文壇的地位。霍桑創(chuàng)作中近乎完美的小說(shuō)結(jié)構(gòu)、對(duì)道德的深刻洞見(jiàn)，以及對(duì)寓言和象征主義的運(yùn)用，在美國(guó)文學(xué)史上占有獨(dú)特地位，赫爾曼？梅爾維爾、愛(ài)倫？坡、亨利？詹姆斯、海明威都對(duì)他的作品給予了高度評(píng)價(jià)。

圖書(shū)目錄

Contents
Abbreviations
Introduction
Note on the Text
Select Bibliography
A Chronology of Nathaniel Hawthorne
THE SCARLET LETTER
PREFACE TO THE SECOND EDITION
THE CUSTOM-HOUSE—INTRODUCTORY
I THE PRISON-DOOR
II THE MARKET-PLACE
III THE RECOGNITION
IV THE INTERVIEW
V HESTER AT HER NEEDLE
VI PEARL
VII THE GOVERNOR'S HALL
VIII THE ELF-CHILD AND THE MINISTER
IX THE LEECH
X THE LEECH AND HIS PATIENT
XI THE INTERIOR OF A HEART
XII THE MINISTER'S VIGIL
XIII ANOTHER VIEW OF HESTER
XIV HESTER AND THE PHYSICIAN
XV HESTER AND PEARL
XVI A FOREST WALK
XVII THE PASTOR AND HIS PARISHIONER
XVIII A FLOOD OF SUNSHINE
XIX THE CHILD AT THE BROOK-SIDE
XX THE MINISTER IN A MAZE
XXI THE NEW ENGLAND HOLIDAY
XXII THE PROCESSION
XXIII THE REVELATION OF THE SCARLET LETTER
XXIV CONCLUSION
EXPLANATORY NOTES