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The Salem belle : a tale of 1692 / Ebenezer Wheelwright ; edited with an introduction and notes, by Richard Kopley.
LIBRA PS3167.W28 S35 2016
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Wheelwright, Ebenezer, 1800-1877, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Trials (Witchcraft)--Fiction.
- Trials (Witchcraft).
- Revenge--Fiction.
- Revenge.
- Salem (Mass.)--History--Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775--Fiction.
- Salem (Mass.).
- Massachusetts--Salem.
- Genre:
- Fiction.
- Historical fiction.
- History.
- Physical Description:
- x, 210 pages ; 20 cm
- Place of Publication:
- University Park, Pennsylvania : The Pennsylvania State University Press, [2016]
- Summary:
- "A historical novel, first published in 1842, about vengeance mistaken for religious fervor, set against the Salem witchcraft trials of 1692. This novel was a critical source for Nathaniel Hawthorne's The Scarlet Letter. Introduced and annotated by Hawthorne scholar Richard Kopley"--Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- The Salem Belle: A Tale of 1692 23.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 191-192).
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Anne and Joseph Trachtman Memorial Book Fund.
- ISBN:
- 9780271071169
- 0271071168
- OCLC:
- 920680252
- Publisher Number:
- 99966761521
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