num_pages: 224
description: Don't buy cheap paperbacks just to save a few dollars. Most of them use low-quality papers &amp; binding. Their pages fall off easily. Some of them even use very small font size of 6 or less to increase their profit margin. It makes their books completely unreadable. The Scarlet A Romance is an 1850 work of fiction in a historical setting, written by Nathaniel Hawthorne, and is considered to be his best work. Set in 17th-century Puritan Boston, Massachusetts, during the years 1642 to 1649, it tells the story of Hester Prynne, who conceives a daughter through an affair and struggles to create a new life of repentance and dignity. Throughout the book, Hawthorne explores themes of legalism, sin, and guilt.
language: English
title: The Scarlet Letter
titlecomplete: The Scarlet Letter
characters: Roger Chillingworth, Mistress Hibbins, Arthur Dimmesdale, Governor Bellingham, Hester Prynne, Pearl Prynne
genres: Read For School, Historical Fiction, Historical, School, Novels, Literature, High School, Classic Literature, Classics, Fiction
ratings_count: 840847
places: Massachusetts, The United States of America, Boston, Massachusetts
publisher: Ann Arbor Media