# The Scarlet Letter

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- Book: [The Scarlet Letter](https://www.bookquiver.com/nathaniel-hawthorne/the-scarlet-letter) ([The Scarlet Letter.md](https://www.bookquiver.com/nathaniel-hawthorne/the-scarlet-letter.md))
- Authors: [Nathaniel Hawthorne](https://www.bookquiver.com/nathaniel-hawthorne)
- Publisher: Everyman
- ISBN: 978-18-5715-125-1
- Pages: 352
- Published: 1992-10-08
- Language: en_GB
- Binding: Hardcover

## Description

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.