The scarlet letter
By: Nathaniel Hawthorne
Series: Running Press Classic
Publisher: Running Press
Published: 1991
Place of publication: Philadelphia
Language: eng
Number of pages: 201
Subjects: Mothers and daughters in literature; In literature; Puritans in literature; Adultery in literature; Women in literature; Mères et filles dans la littérature; Dans la littérature; Puritains dans la littérature; Femmes dans la littérature; Literature; Scarlet letter (Hawthorne, Nathaniel)
Description: In Nathaniel Hawthorne's dark novel, The Scarlet Letter, a single sinful act ruins the lives of three people. None more so than Hester Prynne, a young, beautiful, and dignified woman, who conceived a child out of wedlock and receives the public punishment of having to always wear a scarlet "A" on her clothing.