Nathaniel Hawthorne's masterpiece: A searing portrait of sin and redemption in Puritan New England When Hester Prynne, a young Puritan woman in seventeenth-century Boston, becomes pregnant out of wedlock, the unforgiving society in which she lives judges her harshly. Sentenced to wear a scarletAemblazoned on her dress, Hester raises her daughter, Pearl, on the outskirts of townan exile meant to cause her shame for the remainder of her life.
In refusing to name Pearl's father, Hester seeks to protect the minister Arthur Dimmesdale from sharing her fate. As the years pass, Dimmesdale grows weaker, eroded by his guilt, while Hester finds renewal in a defiant reclamation of her strength and identity. Their diverging paths lead to a searing final scene that stands among the most powerful in American literature.
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| ISBN: | 9781497672130 |
| Publication date: | 23rd September 2014 |
| Author: | Hawthorne, Nathaniel |
| Publisher: | Open Road Media |
| Format: | Ebook |
Nathaniel Hawthorne's masterpiece: A searing portrait of sin and redemption in Puritan New England When Hester Prynne, a young Puritan woman in seventeenth-century Boston, becomes pregnant out of wedlock, the unforgiving society in which she lives judges her harshly. Sentenced to wear a scarletAemblazoned on her dress, Hester raises her daughter, Pearl, on the outskirts of townan exile meant to cause her shame for the remainder of her life.
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 Open Road Media
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