Hawthorne, Nathaniel 1804-1864, (author.) creator text xx London HarperCollins Publishers c2010 2010 monographic und

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324 pages: illustrations 17 cm. A tale of sin, punishment and atonement, The Scarlet Letter exposes the moral rigidity of a 17th-Century Puritan New England community when faced with the illegitimate child of a young mother. Regarded as the first real heroine of American fiction, it is Hester Prynne`s strength of character that resonates with the reader when her harsh sentence is cast. It is in her refusal to reveal the identity of the father in the face of her accusers that Hawthorne champions his heroine and berates the weakness of Society for attacking the innocent. Nathaniel Hawthrone. Includes index in English Adultery Illegitimate children Puritans Triangles (Interpersonal relations) Women immigrants Boston (Mass.) 813.3 H31s c2010 9780007350926 251212 20260803094226.0