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.
| ISBN: | 9781847494214 |
| Publication date: | 15th June 2015 |
| Author: | Nathaniel Hawthorne |
| Publisher: | Alma Classics an imprint of Alma Books COMMIS |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 240 pages |
| Series: | Evergreens |
| Genres: |
Classic fiction: general and literary Narrative theme: Love and relationships Narrative theme: Sense of place Historical Fiction |