The scarlet letter, Nathaniel Hawthorne
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The scarlet letter, Nathaniel Hawthorne
Language
eng
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no index present
Literary Form
fiction
Main title
The scarlet letter
Oclc number
15605925631916
Responsibility statement
Nathaniel Hawthorne
Summary
The Scarlet Letter is an 1850 romantic work of fiction in a historical setting, written by Nathaniel Hawthorne, and is considered to be his magnum opus. 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 struggles to create a new life of repentance and dignity. Throughout the book, Hawthorne explores themes of legalism, sin, and guilt
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- Psychological fiction
- New England -- Social life and customs -- Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775 -- Fiction
- Boston (Mass.) -- History -- Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775 -- Fiction
- Triangles (Interpersonal relations) -- Fiction
- Didactic fiction
- Boston (Mass.) -- History -- Fiction
- Puritans -- Fiction
- Adultery -- Fiction
- Puritans -- Massachusetts -- Fiction
- Illegitimate children -- Fiction
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- Creator1
- Genre2
- Subject10
- Psychological fiction
- New England -- Social life and customs -- Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775 -- Fiction
- Boston (Mass.) -- History -- Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775 -- Fiction
- Triangles (Interpersonal relations) -- Fiction
- Didactic fiction
- Boston (Mass.) -- History -- Fiction
- Puritans -- Fiction
- Adultery -- Fiction
- Puritans -- Massachusetts -- Fiction
- Illegitimate children -- Fiction
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