The Scarlet Letter
Contributors: Brian Harding (Editor)
Series: Oxford World's Classics
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: February 26, 1998
Place of publication: Oxford; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 352
ISBN-13: 9780192833716
Copyright date: intro, notes, bibliography c.1990
First sentence: A THRONG of bearded men, in sad-colored garments and gray, steeple-crowned hats, intermixed with women, some wearing hoods, and others bareheaded, was assembled in front of a wooden edifice, the door of which was heavily timbered with oak, and studded with iron spikes.