Skip to main content
Thumbnail for The scarlet letter : a romance

The scarlet letter : a romance

Hawthorne, Nathaniel, 1804-18642016
Books, Manuscripts
Set in the harsh Puritan community of 17th century Boston, this is a tale of an adulterous entanglement that results in an illegitimate birth. The mother of the child, Hester Prynne, is publicly disgraced and ostracised but emerges as the first true heroine of American fiction.
Main title:
The scarlet letter : a romance / Nathaniel Hawthorne.
Imprint:
London : Penguin Classics, 2016.London : Penguin Classics, 2016.
Collation:
272 pages ; 20 cm.
Series title:
ISBN:
9780143107668 (pbk)
Dewey class:
813.3F
Language:
English
BRN:
2278068
View my active saved list
0 items in my active saved list