The Scarlet Letter: Illustrated Edition

by Nathaniel Hawthorne

Overview

It is the mid-seventeenth century in Boston. Hester Prynne, dignified and silent, is led through prison doors to her public shaming by members of the Puritan town. 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 within this censorious 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.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781435173095
Publisher:	Fall River Press
Publication date:	10/04/2023
Series:	Illustrated Classic Editions Series
Pages:	280
Sales rank:	136,671
Product dimensions:	9.10(w) x 5.80(h) x 0.80(d)

About the Author

Nathaniel Hawthorne (1804–1864) was an American novelist and short story writer. Most of his work was set in New England, and often focuses on history and morality. Hawthorne’s writing balances psychological complexity with a dark, romantic morality in opposition to strict Puritan values.

Date of Birth:

July 4, 1804

Date of Death:

May 19, 1864

Place of Birth:

Salem, Massachusetts

Place of Death:

Plymouth, New Hampshire

Education:

Bowdoin College, Brunswick, Maine, 1824