Classici Manga Serie

Manga Classics: Great Expectations Softcover.

A conspiracy and a miscarriage of justice turn the gentle Edmond Dantaes into an implacable agent of fate. Obsessed by vengeance and empowered by providence, the Count avenges himself on those who have wronged him-- but is this justice, or is this hubris? In the end, does even the Count know?--Back cover.

Indice racconti: Bernice Ligeia Il crollo della Casa Usher Il diavolo nel campanile William Wilson La filosofia dell'arredamento L'uomo della folla La mascherata della Morte Rossa Il ritratto ovale Il cuore rivelatore Il gatto nero Il pozzo e il pendolo Lo scarabeo d'oro La lettera rubata Il barile di Amontillado

Set in the harsh Puritan community of seventeenth-century Boston, this tale of an adulterous entanglement that results in an illegitimate birth reveals Nathaniel Hawthorne's concerns with the tension between the public and the private selves. Publicly disgraced and ostracized, Hester Prynne draws on her inner strength and certainty of spirit to emerge as the first true heroine of American fiction. Arthur Dimmesdale stands as a classic study of a seld divided; trapped by the rules of society, he suppresses his passion and disavows his lover, Hester, and their daughter, Pearl. As Nina Baym writes in her Introduction, The Scarlet Letter was not written as realistic, historical fiction, but as a "romance", a creation of the imagination that discloses the truth of the human heart.

This book is formatted in the traditional Japanese manga style, reading from right to left.