The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne

"The Scarlet Letter" by Nathaniel Hawthorne is a historical novel published in 1850. Set in Puritan Massachusetts during the 1640s, it follows Hester Prynne, who bears a child outside marriage and must wear a scarlet "A" as punishment for adultery. While Hester refuses to name the father, her long-lost husband arrives in disguise, vowing revenge. The story explores sin, guilt, and redemption as secrets threaten to destroy lives in this unforgiving community. (This is an automatically generated summary.)

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Author Hawthorne, Nathaniel, 1804-1864
Title The Scarlet Letter
Note There is an improved edition of this title, eBook #25344
Note Wikipedia page about this book: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Scarlet_Letter
Credits Dartmouth College
Reading Level Reading ease score: 64.4 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read.
Language English
LoC Class PS: Language and Literatures: American and Canadian literature
Subject Adultery -- Fiction
Subject Historical fiction
Subject Revenge -- Fiction
Subject Psychological fiction
Subject Married women -- Fiction
Subject Clergy -- Fiction
Subject Triangles (Interpersonal relations) -- Fiction
Subject Illegitimate children -- Fiction
Subject Women immigrants -- Fiction
Subject Puritans -- Fiction
Subject Boston (Mass.) -- History -- Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775 -- Fiction
Category Text
eBook-No. 33
Release Date
Last Update May 13, 2022
Copyright Public domain in the USA.
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