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The Scarlet Letter

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Binding: Hardcover
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ISBN: 9781970184280
Publisher: Baker & Taylor (UK) Ltd
Language: English
Page Count: 235
Publication Date: 5/1/2024
Size: 8.75" l x 5.50" w x 0.75"
Series: N/A

Category Subject
Fiction Classics
Fiction Romance
A timeless American classic about forbidden love, public shame, and the enduring power of guilt and redemption. 

Set in seventeenth-century Puritan Massachusetts, Nathaniel Hawthorne's The Scarlet Letter follows Hester Prynne, a young woman condemned by her community after giving birth to a child outside marriage. Forced to wear a scarlet letter “A” as a symbol of her supposed sin, Hester must navigate a society governed by strict religious beliefs and unforgiving moral judgment. 

As she struggles to build a life for herself and her daughter, Pearl, the secrets surrounding the child's father threaten to unravel the lives of those closest to her. 

Through richly symbolic storytelling and complex characters, Hawthorne explores hypocrisy, personal freedom, revenge, and the conflict between individual conscience and social expectations. 

Originally published in 1850, this enduring masterpiece of American literature remains a powerful examination of human nature, morality, and the consequences of hidden truths.

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