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Nathaniel Hawthorne, Nina Baym (Introduction), Thomas E. Connolly (Editor) Set in 17th-century Puritan Boston, Massachusetts, during the years 1642 to 1649, it tells the story of Hester Prynne, who conceives a daughter through an affair and will not reveal her lover’s identity.
The Scarlet Letter. Nathaniel Hawthorne. 3.29. 7 ratings0 reviews. The Savvas Learning Company Library Collection offers you over 1200 fiction, nonfiction, classic, adapted classic, illustrated classic, short stories, biographies, special anthologies, atlases, visual dictionaries, history trade, animal, sports titles and more! Paperback.
The Scarlet Letter Quotes Showing 1-30 of 415. “We dream in our waking moments, and walk in our sleep.”. ― Nathaniel Hawthorne, The Scarlet Letter. 2551 likes.
Plot. The Scarlet Letter by Hugues Merle (1861). Hester Prynne and Pearl in the foreground. 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 paternity.
Sidney says it best: good writing is meant to “teach and delight.”. There is no delight in reading The Scarlet Letter. Thus, Hawthorne’s “masterpiece” is not worth the read, especially as the language only gets more archaic and inaccessible to the average reader.
The Scarlet Letter, novel by Nathaniel Hawthorne, published in 1850. It is considered a masterpiece of American literature and a classic moral study. Summary. The novel is set in a village in Puritan New England. The main character is Hester Prynne, a young woman who has borne a child out of wedlock.
From a general summary to chapter summaries to explanations of famous quotes, the SparkNotes The Scarlet Letter Study Guide has everything you need to ace quizzes, tests, and essays.
One night, when Pearl is about seven years old, she and her mother are returning home from a visit to a deathbed when they encounter Dimmesdale atop the town scaffold, trying to punish himself for his sins. Hester and Pearl join him, and the three link hands.
When strangers looked curiously at the scarlet letter—and none ever failed to do so—they branded it afresh in Hester’s soul; so that, oftentimes, she could scarcely refrain, yet always did refrain, from covering the symbol with her hand.
The Scarlet Letter at a Glance. The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne, adulteress Hester Prynne must wear a scarlet A to mark her shame. Her lover, Arthur Dimmesdale, remains unidentified and is wracked with guilt, while her husband, Roger Chillingworth, seeks revenge.