num_pages: 424
description: Strikingly modern themes of passion, sin, and guilt pervade the story of Hester Prynne. Believing herself a widow, Hester has an illicit affair with a well-respected member of her Puritan New England community. Though she bears his child, and vilification and punishment from her neighbors as a result, Hester will not reveal the man's name.
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: Thorndike Press