Having been found guilty of adultery, Hester Prynne is forced to wear an embroidered scarlet letter "e;A"e; as a punishment for her sin. While her vengeful husband embarks on a quest to discover the identity of her lover, she is left to face the consequences of her infidelity and find a place for herself and her illegitimate child in the hostile environment of seventeenth-century Puritan Boston. Nathaniel Hawthorne's tense narrative astonished readers with its unparalleled psychological depth when it first appeared, and the novel now stands as one of America's literary landmarks.
| ISBN: | 9780714547510 |
| Publication date: | 1st January 2018 |
| Author: | Hawthorne, Nathaniel |
| Publisher: | Alma Books |
| Format: | Ebook |
Having been found guilty of adultery, Hester Prynne is forced to wear an embroidered scarlet letter "e;A"e; as a punishment for her sin. While her vengeful husband embarks on a quest to discover the identity of her lover, she is left to face the consequences of her infidelity and find a place for herself and her illegitimate child in the hostile environment of seventeenth-century Puritan Boston.
Scarlet Letter features in the following genres: Classic fiction: general and literary
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Scarlet Letter was written by Hawthorne, Nathaniel and published by Alma Books
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