Scarlet Letter

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 create a new life of repentance and dignity. As punishment, she must wear a scarlet letter ‘A’ (for \”adultery\”). Containing a number of religious and historic allusions, the book explores themes of legalism, sin and guilt.

Format: Hardback
Pages: 352
Imprint: Everyman’s Library UK
Publication date: 08/10/1992
Series: Everyman’s Library Classics