The Scarlet Letter is an 1850 romantic work of fiction in a historical setting; written by Nathaniel Hawthorne; and is considered to be his magnum opus. Set in 17th-century Puritan Boston; Massachusetts; during the years 1642 to 1649; it tells the story of Hester Prynne; who conceives a daughter through an affair and struggles to create a new life of repentance and dignity. Throughout the book; Hawthorne explores themes of legalism; sin; and guilt.The authorNathaniel Hawthorne (July 4; 1804 ndash; May 19; 1864) was an American novelist and short story writer.
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0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. Great little bookBy liz ClinganI love looking through this and will do time and time again brilliant . great ideas very good inspiring read3 of 3 people found the following review helpful. Lacks real practical useBy SussmanAs books go it delivers good pictorials. the writing style is relatively informative and not taxing in the language it uses. It gives indications of how to create and follow through on a build. however. this is not really fleshed out to give a more definitive text. While. the accompanying television show talked fleetingly about building code. and what local authorities would want and need to enable people to create their own little `shed. This book does not give these or any other details. The imagination is a powerful force and both the television series and the examples given in this hardcover are for the most part sumptuous in their deliver. how can a person/family translate that into a more practical frame work? At times. it hard to see who this volume was really intended for. as in part. it only gleans lightly on certain topic areas. Even as a coffee table volume. for me it only has certain amount of mileage.0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. Amazing quickie TV spin-offBy RobinThough the back cover blurb says the contents have a wealth of brilliant ideas I cant see that it will inspire many people to relocate from their existing place of living. Certainly there are some wonderful living-space solutions and they are extremely varied but the book comes across to me as no more than a visual curiosity of buildings spun-off from a TV (on Britains Channel 4) show and the books production certainly gives that impression as well.As I turned the pages I became more and more aware of the poor quality of the books presentation rather than what the photos and text should have been telling me. Each structure has a different typeface for the heading. line length varies from page to page and frequently they dont even line up across a page with two columns. some photos are badly cropped and the copy falls ahort on many pages. Intriguing photos are not backed up with relevant text. The Schoffice (page 132-133) has three interesting photos of a curving wooden office but the words give no indication about who designed it. where it is or what its like to work in. The Village Underground (pages 96-98) uses four photos with only one helping the reader get an impression of working in a disused subway carriage - its certainly a clever space saving solution though.This seems very much a quickie book and I predict it will be selling quite cheaply on the net and in bookshops fairly soon.
