The scarlet letter, a romance, Nathaniel Hawthorne
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The scarlet letter, a romance, Nathaniel Hawthorne
Language
eng
Index
no index present
Literary Form
fiction
Main title
The scarlet letter
Oclc number
191929146
Responsibility statement
Nathaniel Hawthorne
Series statement
Penguin Classics deluxe edition
Sub title
a romance
Summary
An "A" for "adultery" marks Hester Prynne as an outcast from the society of colonial Boston. Although forced by the puritanical town fathers to wear a badge of shame, Hester steadfastly resists their efforts to discover the identity of her baby's father. Masterful in its symbolism and compelling in its character studies, Nathaniel Hawthorne's tale of punishment and reconciliation examines the concepts of sin, guilt, and pride
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- Revenge -- Fiction
- Married women
- Clergy
- Adultery
- Fiction
- Boston (Mass.) -- History -- Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775 -- Fiction
- Triangles (Interpersonal relations) -- Fiction
- History
- Massachusetts + Boston
- 1600-1775
- Clergy -- Fiction
- Puritans
- Puritans -- Fiction
- Illegitimate children
- Married women -- Fiction
- Adultery -- Fiction
- Triangles (Interpersonal relations)
- Revenge
- Illegitimate children -- Fiction
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- Subject19
- Revenge -- Fiction
- Married women
- Clergy
- Adultery
- Fiction
- Boston (Mass.) -- History -- Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775 -- Fiction
- Triangles (Interpersonal relations) -- Fiction
- History
- Massachusetts + Boston
- 1600-1775
- Clergy -- Fiction
- Puritans
- Puritans -- Fiction
- Illegitimate children
- Married women -- Fiction
- Adultery -- Fiction
- Triangles (Interpersonal relations)
- Revenge
- Illegitimate children -- Fiction
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