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  • Published: 15 April 2003
  • ISBN: 9780553210095
  • Imprint: Bantam Dell
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 256
  • RRP: $14.99

The Scarlet Letter




Hailed by Henry James as "the finest piece of imaginative writing yet put forth in the country," Nathaniel Hawthorne's The Scarlet Letter reaches to our nation's historical and moral roots for the material of great tragedy. Set in an early New England colony, the novel shows the terrible impact a single, passionate act has on the lives of three members of the community: the defiant Hester Prynne; the fiery, tortured Reverend Dimmesdale; and the obsessed, vengeful Chillingworth.

With The Scarlet Letter, Hawthorne became the first American novelist to forge from our Puritan heritage a universal classic, a masterful exploration of humanity's unending struggle with sin, guilt and pride.

  • Published: 15 April 2003
  • ISBN: 9780553210095
  • Imprint: Bantam Dell
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 256
  • RRP: $14.99

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About the author

Nathaniel Hawthorne

Nathaniel Hawthorne (1805–64) was an American novelist and short story writer. He was born in Salem, Massachusetts, and graduated from Bowdoin College. His first novel, Fanshawe, was published anonymously in 1828, followed by several collections of short stories, including Twice-Told Tales and Mosses from an Old Manse. His later novels include The Scarlet Letter, The House of the Seven Gables, The Blithedale Romance, and The Marble Faun.

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