Hawthorne, Nathaniel
The Scarlet Letter / Nathaniel Hawthorne ; retold by John Escott ; illustrated by Thomas Sperling - 88 pages : Illustrations ; 19 cm. - Oxford Bokworms Library. Classics . - Oxford Bokworms Library. Classics .
Scarket is the colour of sin, and the letter 'A' stands for 'Adultey'. In the 1960s, in Boston, Massachusetts, love was allowed only between a husband and a wife. A child born outside marriage was a child of sin.
Hester Prynne must wear the scarlet letter on her dress for the rest of her life. How can she ever escape from this public shame? What will happen to her child, growing up in the shadow of the scarlet letter? The future holds no joy for Hester Prynne.
9780194791830
American novel
American literature
813.3 / / H317s
The Scarlet Letter / Nathaniel Hawthorne ; retold by John Escott ; illustrated by Thomas Sperling - 88 pages : Illustrations ; 19 cm. - Oxford Bokworms Library. Classics . - Oxford Bokworms Library. Classics .
Scarket is the colour of sin, and the letter 'A' stands for 'Adultey'. In the 1960s, in Boston, Massachusetts, love was allowed only between a husband and a wife. A child born outside marriage was a child of sin.
Hester Prynne must wear the scarlet letter on her dress for the rest of her life. How can she ever escape from this public shame? What will happen to her child, growing up in the shadow of the scarlet letter? The future holds no joy for Hester Prynne.
9780194791830
American novel
American literature
813.3 / / H317s