The scarlet letter
By: Nathaniel Hawthorne
Series: Wisehouse Classics
Publisher: Wisehouse Publishing
Published: 2015
Place of publication: [Sweden]
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9789176370834; 9789176370827
Description: THE SCARLET LETTER 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.