by Nathaniel Hawthorne · Penguin Classics · tapa blanda · ISBN 9780141199450
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«The Scarlet Letter» is the novel by Nathaniel Hawthorne, published by Penguin Classics in paperback (230 pages, in English).
In seventeenth-century Puritan Boston, Hester Prynne is condemned for adultery and forced to wear a scarlet «A» on her chest. While raising her daughter Pearl, the novel explores the tension between public condemnation and private life, and makes Hester, through her strength and dignity, one of the first heroines of American literature.
The novel was originally published in 1850 and this edition belongs to the The Penguin English Library collection.
Will appeal to readers of classic fiction and historical fiction in English.
Nathaniel Hawthorne was an American novelist and short story writer. His works often focus on history, morality, and religion.
