The scarlet letter and other writings - nathaniel hawthorne

- Revised and expanded explanatory footnotes, a new preface, and a note on the text by Leland S.

Person.

- Key passages from Hawthornes notebooks and letters that suggest the close relationship between his private and public writings - Seven new critical essays by Brook Thomas, Michael Ryan, Thomas R.

Mitchell, Jay Grossman, Jamie Barlowe, John Ronan, and John F.

- A Chronology and revised and expanded Selected Bibliography.