description: Hawthorne's masterpiece about Hester Prynne, hapless victim of sin, guilt and hypocrisy in Puritan New England.
language: English
title: The Scarlet Letter
titlecomplete: The Scarlet Letter
characters: Arthur Dimmesdale, Roger Chillingworth, Pearl Prynne, Hester Prynne, Governor Bellingham, Mistress Hibbins
genres: Fiction, Historical, Classic Literature, School, Literature, Read For School, Classics, Novels, High School, Historical Fiction
ratings_count: 840921
places: The United States of America, Massachusetts, Boston, Massachusetts
publisher: Signet Classics