The scarlet letter : an authoritative text, essays in criticism and scholarship /
In a time when adultery is punishable by death, Hester Prynne becomes involved in a risky and scandalous affair with her town's handsome minister and bears his illegitimate child. For this grievous offense, she is condemned to wear a scarlet letter "A" on her breast and endure the moc...
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Language: | English |
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New York :
W. W. Norton & Company,
1988
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Edition: | 3rd ed |
Series: | Norton critical edition
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