The Scarlet Letter

Cover Type: Hardcover
Book Condition: As New
Jacket Condition: None Issued
Publisher: Reader's Digest
Publisher Place: Sdney
Publisher Year: 1990
Edition: Reprint

Description: 221 pages. Book appears to have hardly been read and is in As new condition throughout.

Publishers Description: Set in 17th-century Puritan Boston, Massachusetts, during the years 1642 to 1649, it tells the story of Hester Prynne, who conceives a daughter through an affair and will not reveal her lovers identity. The scarlet letter A (for adultery) she has to wear on her clothes, along with her public shaming, is her punishment for her sin and her secrecy. She struggles to create a new life of repentance and dignity. Throughout the book, Hawthorne explores themes of legalism, sin, and guilt.. Illustrations by Robert Quackenbush.

ISBN: 0895771845