| The Scarlet Letter Contributor(s): Hawthorne, Nathaniel (Author) |
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ISBN: ISBN-13: 9798721715914 Publisher: Independently Published OUR PRICE: $8.09 Product Type: Paperback Published: March 2021 * Not available - Not in print at this time * |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Political - Fiction | Classics - Fiction | Literary |
| Lexile Measure: 410 |
| Physical Information: 0.4" H x 5.51" W x 8.5" (0.5 lbs) 174 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: In Puritan Boston, Massachusetts, a crowd gathers to witness the punishment of Hester Prynne, a young woman who has given birth to a baby of unknown parentage. Her sentence required her to stand on the scaffold for three hours, exposed to public humiliation, and to wear the scarlet "A" for the rest of her life. As Hester approaches the scaffold, many of the women in the crowd are angered by her beauty and quiet dignity. When demanded and cajoled to name the father of her child, Hester refuses.As Hester looks out over the crowd, she notices a small, misshapen man and recognizes him as her long-lost husband, who has been presumed lost at sea. When the husband sees Hester's shame, he asks a man in the crowd about her and is told the story of his wife's adultery. He angrily exclaims that the child's father, the partner in the adulterous act, should also be punished and vows to find the man. He chooses a new name, Roger Chillingworth, to aid him in his plan. |