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The Scarlet Letter: A Romance is a work of historical fiction by American author Nathaniel Hawthorne, published in 1850. [2] 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.
Hester Prynne is the protagonist of Nathaniel Hawthorne's 1850 novel The Scarlet Letter. She is portrayed as a woman condemned by her Puritan neighbors for having a child out of wedlock . The character has been called "among the first and most important female protagonists in American literature".
This is a list of novelists from England writing for adults and young adults.Please add only one novel title or comment on fiction per name. Other genres appear in other lists and on subject's page.
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Hester Burton (née Wood-Hill; 6 December 1913 – 17 September 2000) was an English writer, mainly of historical fiction for children and young adults. She received the Carnegie Medal for her 1963 novel Time of Trial , [ 1 ] which like many of her books was illustrated by Victor Ambrus .
Ordeal by Innocence is a work of detective fiction by British writer Agatha Christie, first published in the UK by the Collins Crime Club on 3 November 1958 [1] and in the US by Dodd, Mead and Company the following year. [2] [3] The UK edition retailed at twelve shillings and sixpence (12/6) [1] and the US edition at $2.95. [3]
This is a list of crime writers with a Wikipedia page. They may include the authors of any subgenre of crime fiction, including detective, mystery or hard-boiled.Some of these may overlap with the List of thriller authors.
RJ Luis Jr. had 23 points and 14 rebounds to help No. 9 St. John’s strengthen its grip on first place in the Big East with a 79-73 victory over No. 24 Creighton on Sunday. The Red Storm (22-4 ...