{"product_id":"the-portable-hawthorne","title":"The Portable Hawthorne","description":"\u003cb\u003eA critical vantage point from which to see Hawthorne's career as a whole--his artistic rise, triumph, and final works\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Portable Hawthorne\u003c\/i\u003e includes writings from each major stage in the career of Nathaniel Hawthorne: a number of his most intriguing early tales, all of \u003ci\u003eThe Scarlet Letter\u003c\/i\u003e, excerpts from his three subsequently published romances--\u003ci\u003eThe House of Seven Gables\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Blithedale Romance\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThe Marble Faun\u003c\/i\u003e--as well as passages from his European journals and a sampling of his last, unfinished works. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe editor's introduction and notes trace the evolution of Hawthorne's writing over the course of his long career: from the tales, to their apotheosis in \u003ci\u003eThe Scarlet Letter\u003c\/i\u003e, through his popular romances, to his private journals and frustrated attempts at another romance.","brand":"Penguin Classics","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48845535674573,"sku":"9780143039280","price":22.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0557\/1529\/9533\/files\/imageloader_6881af3c-5f8c-412f-878d-8d6cd3faa890.jpg?v=1792776674","url":"https:\/\/booksatmidnight.com\/products\/the-portable-hawthorne","provider":"Books At Midnight","version":"1.0","type":"link"}