The Scarlet Letter (Barnes & Noble Classics Series)

Libro Usado, Tapa Blanda. Set in 17th-century Puritan Boston, the novel tells the powerful story of Hester Prynne, a young woman who conceives a child out of wedlock. Found guilty of adultery, she is sentenced to wear a bright red letter "A" on her dress as a permanent mark of her public shame and social isolation.While Hester struggles to raise her daughter, Pearl, and rebuild her life in a deeply religious community, two secrets torture her society: the hidden identity of her lover, and the arrival of her long-lost husband. Her lover, the beloved young minister Arthur Dimmesdale, tears himself apart with secret guilt and hypocrisy. Meanwhile, her vengeful husband, Roger Chillingworth, arrives under a false name, completely consumed by an obsession to find and psychologically destroy the father of Hester's child.Nathaniel Hawthorne’s masterpiece is a profound psychological drama that explores eternal human struggles: the weight of secret sin, the destructive nature of revenge, the cruelty of public judgment, and the ultimate power of personal redemption.