The Scarlet Letter

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  • Author: Hawthorne, Nathaniel
    Contributor:

    Furious

    Summary:

    Widowed Hester Prynne, isolated in a new country, seeks comfort in the arms of a lover. When she gives birth to a child, her shame is made public, and in the unforgiving moral atmosphere of colonial Massachusetts, she is made to suffer for her desires. At once a highly readable tale and a penetrating portrayal of sin, guilt and redemption.

    Original Publisher: San Francisco, CA , Plympton
    Language(s): English
    ISBN:

    9781682280164

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Furious

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Widowed Hester Prynne, isolated in a new country, seeks comfort in the arms of a lover. When she gives birth to a child, her shame is made public, and in the unforgiving moral atmosphere of colonial Massachusetts, she is made to suffer for her desires. At once a highly readable tale and a penetrating portrayal of sin, guilt and redemption.

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San Francisco, CA

Plympton

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