The Scarlet Letter

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The classic novel by Nathaniel Hawthorne. This unabridged edition pairs well with Great Book Discussions: A Reading Guide for Nathaniel Hawthorne’s The Scarlet Letter . Recommended for high school literature, grades 9–12. The classic novel by Nathaniel Hawthorne. This unabridged edition pairs well with Great Book Discussions: A Reading Guide for Nathaniel Hawthorne’s The Scarlet Letter . Recommended for high school literature, grades 9–12. About The Scarlet Letter The story of Hester Prynne—found out in adultery, pilloried by her Puritan community, and abandoned, in different ways, by both her partner in sin and her vengeance-seeking husband—possesses a reality heightened by Hawthorne’s sympathy and his unmixed devotion to his supposedly fallen but fundamentally innocent heroine.