The Scarlet Letter -- Nathaniel Hawthorne

Hailed by Henry James as "the finest piece of imaginative writing yet put forth in the country," Nathaniel Hawthorne's <b>The Scarlet Letter</b> reaches to our nation's historical and moral roots for the material of great tragedy. Set in an early New England colony, the novel shows the terrible impact a single, passionate act has on the lives of three members of the community: the defiant Hester Prynne; the fiery, tortured Reverend Dimmesdale; and the obsessed, vengeful Chillingworth. <p/>With <b>The Scarlet Letter</b>, Hawthorne became the first American novelist to forge from our Puritan heritage a universal classic, a masterful exploration of humanity's unending struggle with sin, guilt and pride.<br><br><b>Author:</b> Nathaniel Hawthorne<br><b>Publisher:</b> Bantam Classics<br><b>Published:</b> 02/01/1981<br><b>Pages:</b> 247<br><b>Binding Type:</b> Paperback<br><b>Weight:</b> 0.28lbs<br><b>Size:</b> 6.90h x 4.27w x 0.56d<br><b>ISBN:</b> 9780553210095<br><br><b>Accelerated Reader:</b><br><b>Reading Level:</b> 11.7<br><b>Point Value:</b> 14<br><b>Interest Level:</b> Upper Grade<br><b>Quiz #/Name: </b>716 / Scarlet Letter (Unabridged)<br><br><br><b>Review Citation(s): </b><br><i>Newsweek</i> 02/09/2009 pg. 17<br><i>Entertainment Weekly</i> 11/13/2015 pg. 65<br><p><b>About the Author</b><br>Hawthorne was a novelist and short-story writer, born in Salem, MA. Educated at Bowdon College, he shut himself away for 12 years to learn to write fiction. His first major success was t