紅字The Scarlet Letter(25K軟皮精裝+1CD)

　　《紅字》是美國作家霍桑（Nathaniel Hawthorne, 1804-1864）的代表作，這本傑出的長篇小說奠定了霍桑在世界文壇上的地位。

　　《紅字》是一部對人的內心世界有極為深刻描繪的小說，敘述一位有夫之婦與牧師私通生子的故事。這本小說探討了欲望與沉淪、禁忌與道德、信仰與贖罪等等，一個將終生背負私通生子之罪名的女子，一個深受良心折磨的神職人員，一場充滿罪惡、看似無解的命運，該如何得到解脫？

作者簡介

Nathaniel Hawthorne 霍桑（1804－1864）

　　美國黑色浪漫主義文學的代表作家，著重於描繪生與死、罪與罰等關於人性與道德的議題。霍桑是心理小说的開創者，擅長剖析人的内心，挖掘隱藏在事物背後不易覺察的意義，呈現出社會與人性的陰暗面。他的作品想像力豐富，結構嚴謹，其代表作為列於世界經典文學之林的《紅字》（The Scarlet Letter）。
    

Chapter One  A Terrible Sin  可怕的罪
Chapter Two  Hester's Pearl 賀絲特的珍珠
Chapter Three  Revenge 報仇
Chapter Four  The Forest 樹林
Chapter Five  The Revelation 天啟

　　This series of Let’s Enjoy Masterpieces are a special reading comprehension booster program, devised to improve reading comprehension for beginners whose command of English is not satisfactory, or who are elementary, middle, and high school students. With this program, you can enjoy reading masterpieces in English with fun and efficiency.

　　This carefully planned program is composed of 5 levels, from the beginner level of 350 words to the intermediate and advanced levels of 1,000 words. With this program’s level-by-level system, you are able to read famous texts in English and to savor the true pleasure of the world’s language.

　　The program is well conceived, composed of reader-friendly explanations of English expressions and grammar, quizzes to help the student learn vocabulary and understand the meaning of the texts, and fabulous illustrations that adorn every page. In addition, with our “Guide to Listening,” not only is reading comprehension enhanced but also listening comprehension skills are highlighted.

　　In the audio recording of the book, texts are vividly read by professional American actors. The texts are rewritten, according to the levels of the readers by an expert editorial staff of native speakers, on the basis of standard American English with the ministry of education recommended vocabulary. Therefore, it will be of great help even for all the students that want to learn English.