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The Scarlet Letter, Nathaniel Hawthorne

Regarded as the first real heroine of American fiction, it is Hester Prynne's strength of character that resonates with the reader when her harsh sentence is cast. It is in her refusal to reveal the identity of the father in the face of her accusers that Hawthorne champions his heroine and berates the weakness of Society for attacking the innocent.

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Title: The Scarlet Letter

Original: The Scarlet Letter

Category: Novel

Author: Nathaniel Hawthorne

Publisher: Collins Classics

Year: 2010

Pgs: 324

Weight: 0.190 kg

ISBN: 978-0-00-735092-6

This book is in English

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A tale of sin, punishment and atonement, The Scarlet Letter exposes the moral rigidity of a 17th-Century Puritan New England community when faced with the illegitimate child of a young mother. Regarded as the first real heroine of American fiction, it is Hester Prynne's strength of character that resonates with the reader when her harsh sentence is cast. It is in her refusal to reveal the identity of the father in the face of her accusers that Hawthorne champions his heroine and berates the weakness of Society for attacking the innocent.

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