The scarlet letter, Nathaniel Hawthorne ; with an afterword by Jonty Claypole
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The scarlet letter, Nathaniel Hawthorne ; with an afterword by Jonty Claypole
Language
eng
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references (p. 303)
Index
no index present
Literary Form
fiction
Main title
The scarlet letter
Nature of contents
bibliography
Oclc number
224628935
Responsibility statement
Nathaniel Hawthorne ; with an afterword by Jonty Claypole
Series statement
Collectors' library
Summary
Set in mid-17th century Boston, this tale of passion, puritanism and revenge is one of the foremost classics of American literature. Its heroine, Hester Prynne, is compelled by her own moral autonomy to wear the scarlet letter but she emerges as a woman with her integrity intact
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Subject
- Revenge -- Fiction
- Psychological fiction
- Triangles (Interpersonal relations) -- Fiction
- Historical fiction
- Women immigrants -- Fiction
- Clergy -- Fiction
- Puritans -- Fiction
- Married women -- Fiction
- Adultery -- Fiction
- Boston (Mass.) -- History -- Colonial period, approximately 1600-1775 -- Fiction
- Illegitimate children -- Fiction
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Outgoing Resources
- Classification1
- Creator1
- Genre2
- Subject11
- Revenge -- Fiction
- Psychological fiction
- Triangles (Interpersonal relations) -- Fiction
- Historical fiction
- Women immigrants -- Fiction
- Clergy -- Fiction
- Puritans -- Fiction
- Married women -- Fiction
- Adultery -- Fiction
- Boston (Mass.) -- History -- Colonial period, approximately 1600-1775 -- Fiction
- Illegitimate children -- Fiction
- Is Part Of1
- Mapped to1