The Scarlet Letter (Norton edition) What does this mean?

[goddess40]

Does the Norton Edition a censored edition - my son will be reading this in high school and I don't want him reading a sanitized version.
They are also going to read the Norton edition of Huckleberry Finn.

The only other idea I could come up with is that the books have notes in them explaining the book - like having cliff notes included in an unabridged book.

[meegbear]

1. From what I'm googling on it, Norton editions give notes, commentary, etc

Do a search on "Norton Edition".

[thinkingwoman]

2. I was a lit major

and we used Norton editions and collections throughout college (although that was more than a few years ago now :( )...they're usually quite good.

[charlyvi]

3. I was an English major in college.

We used Norton quite a bit; the editions weren't censored. I read "The Scarlet Letter" in HS too and it was not censored. Actually, I read TSL at least once every couple of years and I can find absolutely NOTHING in it that would be objectionable.

Anyone of a fundie mindset could even twist the meaning of the book to warn kids of the penalty for "illicit" behaviour; they want the US to become a theocracy after all, just like Salem Mass. back in the time of the novel. Of course, they would be overlooking entirely the meaning of Hawthorne's work.

[goddess40]

4. Thanks for the info.

The school is selling the books but I thought I could get them cheaper on the internet. They're reading $45 worth of books this semester and it's a public high school!
I'm guessing, since the computer with the e-mail isn't working so I can't contact the teacher, they want the students to have their own books so they highlight and take notes in them.

I can't wait for college, I'm whining about $45 in two years I'll really have something to whine about.

[Village Idiot]

5. In Adam's Fall, We sinned all...

Perhaps just purchase an uncensored version? There are many around...

http://dogbert.abebooks.com/servlet/SearchResults?an=Hawthorne&y=11&tn=The+Scarlet+Letter&x=40