The Scarlet Letter

Author: Nathaniel Hawthorne

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Price : 11.99 AUD
ISBN : 9781847494214
Publisher : Alma Books Ltd
Imprint : Alma Classics
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Weight (g) : 0.23
Publication date : 14 June 2015
Dimensions : .7 Inches X 5.21 Inches X 7.81 Inches
Produced in : United Kingdom
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Availability date : 29 July 2015
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Author : Nathaniel Hawthorne
Series : Alma Classics Evergreens
Bind : Paperback
Edition : 1508
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Language : English
Dewey classification : 813.3
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Having been found guilty of adultery, Hester Prynne is forced to wear an embroidered scarlet letter "A" as a punishment for her sin. While her vengeful husband embarks on a quest to discover the identity of her lover, she is left to face the consequences of her infidelity and find a place for herself and her illegitimate child in the hostile environment of seventeenth-century Puritan Boston. Nathaniel Hawthorne's tense narrative astonished readers with its unparalleled psychological depth when it first appeared, and the novel now stands as one of America's literary landmarks.

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Inspired by the Puritan past of his native New England, Nathaniel Hawthorne (1804 - 64) became a pivotal figure in the history of American literature, notably with his masterpiece, The Scarlet Letter.