The Scarlet Letter is a classic novel by Nathaniel Hawthorne, first published in 1850. It tells the story of Hester Prynne, a young woman in Puritan New England who is publicly shamed and ostracized for having a child out of wedlock. The novel explores themes
The Scarlet Letter: A Romance is a historical novel by American author Nathaniel Hawthorne, published in 1850. Set in the Puritan Massachusetts Bay Colony during the years 1642 to 1649, the novel tells the story of Hester Prynne, who conceives a daughter with a man to whom she is not married and then struggles to lead a new life of repentance and dignity. As punishment, she must wear a scarlet letter 'A'. Containing a number of religious and historic allusions, the book explores themes of legalism, sin, and guilt.