num_pages: 439
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, Pearl Prynne, Hester Prynne, Governor Bellingham, Mistress Hibbins, Roger Chillingworth
genres: Historical, Literature, Classics, School, Novels, High School, Historical Fiction, Fiction, Read For School, Classic Literature
ratings_count: 841010
places: Massachusetts, Boston, Massachusetts, The United States of America
publisher: Norton