The Scarlet Letter - Collins Classics
Nathaniel Hawthorne
Paperback (01 Apr 2010)


Publishers Synopsis

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Ah, but let her cover the mark as she will, the pang of it will be always in her heart.

A tale of sin, punishment and atonement, The Scarlet Letter exposes the moral rigidity of a 17th-Century Puritan New England community when faced with the illegitimate child of a young mother. Regarded as the first real heroine of American fiction, it is Hester Prynnes strength of character that resonates with the reader when her harsh sentence is cast. It is in her refusal to reveal the identity of the father in the face of her accusers that Hawthorne champions his heroine and berates the weakness of Society for attacking the innocent.


Book information

ISBN: 9780007350926
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
Imprint: William Collins
Pub date: 01 Apr 2010
DEWEY: 813.3
DEWEY edition: 22
Language: English
Number of pages: 324
Weight: 178g
Height: 177mm
Width: 112mm
Spine width: 21mm