For the 1953 Ellery Queen novel, see The Scarlet Letters. For other uses, see Scarlet Letter (disambiguation).
The Scarlet Letter
Title page, first edition, 1850
Author
Nathaniel Hawthorne
Country
United States
Language
English
Genre
Romantic, Historical
Publisher
Ticknor, Reed & Fields
Publication date
1850
Dewey Decimal
813.3
Text
The Scarlet Letter at Wikisource
The Scarlet Letter: A Romance is a work of historical fiction by American author Nathaniel Hawthorne, published in 1850.[1] 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.
The Scarlet Letter was one of the first mass-produced books in the United States. It was popular when first published[2] and is considered a classic work of American literature.[1] The novel has inspired numerous film, television, and stage adaptations. Critics have described The Scarlet Letter as a masterwork,[3] and novelist D. H. Lawrence called it a "perfect work of the American imagination".[4]
^ ab"The 100 best novels: No 16 – The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne (1850) | Books | The Guardian". TheGuardian.com. 6 January 2014.
^Cite error: The named reference McFarland136 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
^Seabrook, Andrea (March 2, 2008). "Sinner, Victim, Object, Winner". National Public Radio (NPR). (A quotation in the article refers to The Scarlet Letter as Hawthorne's "masterwork"; in the audio version, the novel is referred to as his "magnum opus".)
^Miller, Edwin Haviland. Salem is my Dwelling Place: A Life of Nathaniel Hawthorne. Iowa City: University of Iowa Press, 1991. ISBN 0-87745-332-2
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