The Penguin English Library Edition of The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel HawthorneShame, Despair, Solitude! These had been her teachers, - stern and wild ones, - and they had made her strong, but taught her much amissFiercely romantic and hugely influential, The Scarlet Letter is the tale of Hester Prynne, imprisoned, publicly shamed, and forced to wear a scarlet A for committing adultery and bearing an illegitimate child, Pearl. In their small, Puritan village, Hester and her daughter struggle to...
