{"product_id":"9781469709338","title":"The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne (Adapted by Joseph Cowley}","description":"\u003cp\u003eNathaniel Hawthorne was born at Salem, Mass., on July 4th, 1804. He led a shy and rather somber life with little encouragement to write, yet not wholly uncongenial in view of his temperament. His life is reflected in his \u003ci\u003e“Twice-Told Tales”\u003c\/i\u003e and other short stories, the product of his first literary period. In these stories, his understanding of men and women was displayed with great subtlety.\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eHe was forty-six years old when \u003ci\u003e“The Scarlet Letter”\u003c\/i\u003e appeared. It is considered his best work, and is a good demonstration of his unique and imaginative mind. In 1850, the year \u003ci\u003e“The Scarlet Letter”\u003c\/i\u003e appeared, he began \u003ci\u003e“The House of the Seven Gables,”\u003c\/i\u003e a later romance or prose-tragedy of the Puritan-America as he knew it – missing art and the joy of life.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"iUniverse, Incorporated","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47157002731760,"sku":"9781469709338","price":3.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781469709338_p0.jpg?v=1763700894","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781469709338","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}