The Scarlet Letter (Paperback) Nathaniel Hawthorne

A dramatic allegory of the social consequences of adultery amd the subversive force of personal desire in a community of laws. The transgression of Hester Prynne and Arthur Dimmesdale, the innate lawlessness of their illegitiamte child, Pearl, and the torturous jealousy of the husband Roger Chillingworth eventually crupt through the stern reserve of Puritan Boston.

December 2022