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Category - Fiction / Classics
Format - Paperback
Condition - Fair
Listed - 5 months ago
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Est. Publication Date - Dec 2004
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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 single, forbidden act of passion that forever alters the lives of three members of a small Puritan community: Hester Prynne, an 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 Chillingworth, 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: 9781593082079
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"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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