Hailed by Henry James as "the finest piece of imaginative writing yet put forth in the country," Nathaniel Hawthorne's The Scarlet Letter reaches to our nation's historical and moral roots for the material of great tragedy. Set in an early New England colony, the novel shows the terrible impact a si[...]
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Nathaniel Hawthorne's "The Scarlet Letter is a dark tale of love, crime, and revenge set in colonial New England. It revolves around a forbidden act of passion that alters the lives of three members of a Puritan community: Hester Prynne, who is forced to wear the letter "A," bears the punishment of [...]
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In The Scarlet Letter, Nathaniel Hawthorne takes readers back to the Puritan days of the American colonies, into a society as unforgiving as its harsh New England winters. The story of Hester Prynne, who bears a scarlet A upon her breast as a symbol of her adultery, and that of her pious lover who a[...]
In 1642, a pregnant Hester Prynne is found guilty of adultery, shunned by her neighbors, and forced to wear a scarlet letter "A" on her dress. Meanwhile, Hester s husband - long thought to be lost at sea has returned to Boston under the assumed name "Roger Chillingworth" and plots to uncover her lov[...]