For nearly a century and a half, Hawthorne's masterpiece has mesmerized readers and critics alike. One of the greatest American novels, its themes of sin, guilt, and redemption, woven through a story of adultery in the early days of the Massachusetts Colony, are revealed with remarkable psychological penetration and understanding of the human heart. New introductory Note.
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Nathaniel Hawthorne (Salem, Massachusetts, 1804- Plymount, New Hampshire, 1864) es considerado uno de los pilares de la literatura norteamericana. Entre sus obras destacan Historias dos veces contadas (1837) y las novelas La letra escarlata (1850) y La casa de los siete anillos (1851), entre otras. Publicó también numerosas antologías de cuentos entre los que cabe destacar Wakefield.