The Scarlet Letter
Published on 2. October 2025
Book
Hardback
232 pages
978-1-4549-6163-5 (ISBN)
Description
Boston, mid-seventeenth century: Hester Prynne, dignified and silent, is led through prison doors to her public shaming by her censorious Puritan neighbors. Holding her illegitimate child to her breast and bearing a bright scarlet letter "A" embroidered on her bodice, Hester must now struggle to create a new life for herself and her child in this harsh and unforgiving community. When her missing spouse reappears and takes up residence in town under an assumed identity, the stage is set for an explosive confrontation between the truly moral and the merely religious.
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
United States
Product notice
sewn/stitched
Paper over boards
Dimensions
Height: 181 mm
Width: 125 mm
Thickness: 16 mm
Weight
306 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-4549-6163-5 (9781454961635)
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Person
Nathaniel Hawthorne (1804-1864) was an American novelist and short story writer. Most of his work was set in New England, and it often focuses on history and morality. Hawthorne's writing balances psychological complexity with a dark, romantic morality in opposition to strict Puritan values.?