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English
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Though written in the 1850s, 'The Scarlet Letter' is a story fit for our modern times, with its exploration of female independence in a restrictive society where the concept of sin is used as a repressive instrument of control, particularly of women. A clear inspiration for Margaret Atwood's dystopian powerhouse, 'The Handmaid's Tale,' Hawthorne artfully highlights the hypocricy of Hester Prynne's humiliation, and charts her struggle to assert her...
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Distributed by Viking Press
Pub. Date
c1982
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1,380 p. ; 21 cm.
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English
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This is the most comprehensive volume of Walt Whitman (1819-1892) ever published. It includes all of his poetry and what he considered his complete prose. This is also the only collection that includes, in exactly the form in which it appeared in 1855, the first edition of Leaves of Grass. This was the book, a commercial failure, that prompted Emerson's famous message to Whitman: "I greet you at the beginning of a great career". These twelve poems,...
7) Novels
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Publisher
Literary Classics of the United States
Pub. Date
c1983
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1,272 p. ; 21 cm.
Language
English
9) Redburn, his first voyage ; White-jacket, or, The world in a man-of-war ; Moby-Dick, or, The whale
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Publisher
Literary Classics of the United States, Inc
Pub. Date
c1983
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1,437 p. ; 21 cm.
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English
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Library of America volume 24
Publisher
Distributed to the trade in the U.S. and Canada by Viking Press
Pub. Date
♭1984
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1,478 pages ; 21 cm.
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English
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The library of America is dedicated to publishing America's best and most significant writing in handsome, enduring volumes, featuring authoritative texts. Hailed as the "finest-looking, longest-lasting editions ever made" (The New Republic), Library of America volumes make a fine gift for any occasion. Now, with exactly one hundred volumes to choose from, there is a perfect gift for everyone.
13) Poetry and tales
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Distributed to the trade in the U.S. and Canada by the Viking Press
Pub. Date
c1984
Physical Desc
1,408 p. ; 21 cm.
Language
English
14) Writings
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Distributed to the trade in the U.S. and Canada by the Viking Press
Pub. Date
c1984
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1,600 p. : map ; 21 cm.
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English
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Library of America volume 25
Publisher
Literary Classics of the United States
Pub. Date
[1985]
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1,034 pages ; 21 cm.
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English
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Tells the stories of a mourning family remembering its past, a vicious gangster, a young pregnant woman searching for her child's father, and barnstorming pilots at an air show.
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Library of America volume 30
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Distributed in the U.S. and Canada by Viking
Pub. Date
c1985
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1,328 p. ; 21 cm.
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English
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Library of America volume 35
Publisher
Literary Classics of the U.S
Pub. Date
c1986
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1,336 p. : ill. ; 21 cm.
Language
English
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