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The Scarlet Letter: A Romance is a work of historical fiction by American author Nathaniel Hawthorne, published in 1850. 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 ...
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Jun 21, 2024 · The Scarlet Letter, novel by Nathaniel Hawthorne, published in 1850. The work centers on Hester Prynne, a married woman who is shunned after bearing a child out of wedlock but displays great compassion and resiliency.
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Apr 2, 2014 · Nathaniel Hawthorne was an American short story writer and novelist. His short stories include "My Kinsman, Major Molineux" (1832), "Roger Malvin's Burial" (1832), "Young Goodman Brown" (1835)...
Mar 16, 2015 · By Jennifer Latson. March 16, 2015 10:30 AM EDT. A s a schoolboy, Nathaniel Hawthorne wrote secret stories in invisible ink (actually, skim milk), a habit that some biographers have...
5 days ago · Nathaniel Hawthorne (1804–64) is one of the greatest fiction writers of 19th-century America. A novelist and short-story writer, he was a master of the allegorical and symbolic tale. Hawthorne is best known for the novels The Scarlet Letter (1850) and The House of the Seven Gables (1851).
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- Nathaniel Hawthorne (1804–64) is regarded as one of the greatest fiction writers in American literature. He was a skillful craftsman with an archit...
- Nathaniel Hawthorne’s family had lived in Salem, Massachusetts, since the 1600s. One ancestor was a magistrate who, in staunchly defending Puritani...
- Nathaniel Hawthorne was a writer but struggled to make a living from his writing. To make ends meet, he resorted to working as a customs officer in...
A short summary of Nathaniel Hawthorne's The Scarlet Letter. This free synopsis covers all the crucial plot points of The Scarlet Letter.
Learn about the classic novel set in 17th-century Massachusetts, where a woman is punished for adultery with a scarlet letter. Explore the themes, characters, quotes, and adaptations of The Scarlet Letter with SparkNotes.
