The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne

The Scarlet Letter

Nathaniel Hawthorne

254 pages first pub 1850 (editions)

fiction classics historical literary dark reflective slow-paced
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Strikingly modern themes of passion, sin, and guilt pervade the story of Hester Prynne. Believing herself a widow, Hester has an illicit affair with a well-respected member of her Puritan New England community. Though she bears his child, and vili...

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