The Scarlet Letter (Retold Classic Novels)
Type
Book
Authors
ISBN 10
0780712153
ISBN 13
9780780712157
Category
813 Fiction
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Publication Year
1992
Publisher
Pages
179
Subject
Adultery -- Juvenile fiction. Puritans -- Massachusetts -- Juvenile fiction. Women -- Juvenile fiction.
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Abstract
Set in the harsh Puritan environment of 17th century Boston, The scarlet letter describes the plight of Hester Prynne, an independent-minded woman who stands alone against society. Having given birth to a child after an illicit affair, she refuses to name the father and is forced to wear the letter "A" for adulteress embroidered on her dress.
Description
In early colonial Massachusetts, a young woman endures the consequences of her sin of adultery and spends the rest of her life in atonement
Biblio Notes
Genre/Form: Fiction
History
Juvenile works
Juvenile fiction
Material Type: Fiction, Juvenile audience
Document Type: Book
All Authors / Contributors: Pat Perrin; Nathaniel Hawthorne
ISBN: 0780712153 9780780712157
OCLC Number: 32256399
Notes: Includes biographical sketch of Nathaniel Hawthorne.
Description: 179 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm.
Series Title: Retold classic novels.
Responsibility: by Nathaniel Hawthorne ; [writer, Pat Perrin].
Number of Copies
1