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The Scarlet Letter (The Penguin English Library)
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The Scarlet Letter is the tragic story of a woman's
shame and the cruel treatment she suffers at the
hands of the Puritan society in which she lives.
A settler in New England, Hester Prynne has waited
two years for her husband, an ageing English scholar,
to join her. He arrives to find her in the pillory, a
small baby in her arms. She must, as a punishment for
her adultery, wear a scarlet 'A' embroidered on her
breast and is consequently ostracized by her
contemptuous neighbours.
Sworn to keep secret the identity of both her husband
and her lover, Hester slowly wins the respect of
society by her charitable acts. Her own strength and
the moral cowardice of the man who allows her to
face guilt and shame alone are brought into sharp
contrast in a dramatic and harrowing conclusion.