Category - Fiction / Classics
Format - Paperback
Condition - Good
Listed - 9 months ago
Views - 25
Ships From - North Carolina
Est. Publication Date - Apr 2003
Seller Description
America’s first psychological novel, Nathaniel Hawthorne’s The Scarlet Letter is a dark tale of love, crime, and revenge set in colonial New England. It revolves around a single, forbidden act of passion that forever alters the lives of three members of a small Puritan community: Hester Prynne, and ardent and fierce woman who bears the punishment of her sin in humble silence; the Reverend Arthur Dimmesdale, a respected public figure who is inwardly tormented by long-hidden guilt; and the malevolent Roger Chillingsworth, Hester’s husband- a man who seethes with an Ahab-like lust for vengeance. The landscape of this classic novel is uniquely American, but the themes it explores are universal- the nature of sin, guilt, and penitence, the clash between our private and public selves, and the spiritual and psychological cost of living outside society. Constructed with the elegance of a Greek tragedy, The Scarlet Letter brilliantly illuminates the truth that lies deep within the human heart.
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The Scarlet Letter
ISBN: 9781593080129
Publisher Description
"The Scarlet Letter" is a novel written by Nathaniel Hawthorne, first published in 1850. It is set in 17th-century Puritan Massachusetts and tells the story of Hester Prynne, a woman who is publicly s...
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