The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne

The Scarlet Letter

Nathaniel Hawthorne

274 pages first pub 1850 (editions)

fiction classics historical literary dark reflective slow-paced
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The Scarlet Letter was written by Nathaniel Hawthorne and published in 1850. Set in the Massachusetts Bay Colony during the 1600s, it tells the story of Hester Prynne, who conceives a child through adultery. Legalism, sin, and guilt are the main t...

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