The Scarlet Letter -- Nathaniel Hawthorne

<p>Nathaniel Hawthorne's masterpiece, an iconic fable of guilt and redemption set in Puritan Massachusetts, has long been considered one of the greatest American novels. <p/>The story of Hester Prynne--found out in adultery, pilloried by her Puritan community, and abandoned, in different ways, by both her partner in sin and her vengeance-seeking husband--possesses a reality heightened by Hawthorne's sympathy and his unmixed devotion to his supposedly fallen but fundamentally innocent heroine. <i>The Scarlet Letter</i> rightly deserves its stature as the first great novel written by an American, a work of moral force and narrative power that announced a literature equal to any in the world.</p><br><br><b>Author:</b> Nathaniel Hawthorne<br><b>Publisher:</b> Vintage<br><b>Published:</b> 08/26/2014<br><b>Pages:</b> 288<br><b>Binding Type:</b> Paperback<br><b>Weight:</b> 0.45lbs<br><b>Size:</b> 7.90h x 5.10w x 0.70d<br><b>ISBN:</b> 9780804171571<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><p><b>About the Author</b><br><p>NATHANIEL HAWTHORNE (1804-1864), born in Salem, Massachusetts, is the author of <i>The House of the Seven Gables, Mosses from an Old Manse, The Blithedale Romance</i>, and <i>The Marble Faun</i>, among others. His many famous short stories include "Young Goodman Brown," "Rappaccini's Daughter," and "The Artist of the