Rinehart Holt

"The canonical American masterpiece of sin, guilt, and revenge, in an authoritative new edition from Penguin Classics with a foreword by Tom Perrotta. At once retrospective and radically new, [this book] portrays seventeenth-century Puritan New England, a time period irreversibly encoded in the American identity. Hawthorne built one of the most incisive and devastating human dramas ever written out of a community and its outcasts: Hester Prynne...

Relates the experiences of a little girl as she learns to tell the difference between make-believe and real life.

Relates, in verse, the excitement and joy of a young boy anticipating as well as celebrating Christmas in the city.

This textbook is designed to help [the reader] master the skills required for the effective use of standard English. Beginning with the basics in grammar, usage, and mechanics ... each chapter provides [the reader] with instruction and practice in specific skills. The numerous exercises throughout the book enable[s the reader] to check [his] understanding of important concepts, rules, and guidelines. In addition, various writing exercises and activities...