num_pages: 273
description: The story of Hester Prynne, taken in adultery, arraigned by her puritan community and abandoned by her husband and her lover. Combining moral force, austere beauty and psychology, it is a narrative which provides the framework for the author's reflections on the metaphysics of good and evil.
language: English
title: The Scarlet Letter
titlecomplete: The Scarlet Letter
characters: Roger Chillingworth, Arthur Dimmesdale, Governor Bellingham, Mistress Hibbins, Hester Prynne, Pearl Prynne
genres: Literature, Fiction, High School, Historical Fiction, Classic Literature, Historical, School, Novels, Read For School, Classics
ratings_count: 841250
places: Massachusetts, The United States of America, Boston, Massachusetts
publisher: Everyman