The Scarlet Letter

Publisher Marketing: Nathaniel Hawthorne s classic American story of Hester Prynne, accused of adultery, ostracized by her Puritan community, and abandoned by both her lover and her husband The story opens in Puritan Boston, a settlement only fifteen or twenty years old. A young woman stands on a scaffold clasping a three-month-old baby. As a married woman with a missing husband and a new baby, Hester Prynne could have been sentenced to death for the crime of adultery. Instead she is condemned to always wear the letter A as a badge of her shame. As she stands there, she sees her long-missing husband, who has been held captive by Indians. While the town chorus is murmuring against her and her old and unattractive husband stares silently at her, the young and handsome clergyman publicly demands the name of her partner in crime while desperately praying that she won't reveal him. "The Scarlet Letter" rightfully deserves its stature as the first great novel written by an American, the novel that announced American literature equal to any in the world. This novel is part of Brilliance Audio's extensive Classic Collection, bringing you timeless masterpieces that you and your family are sure to love." Review Citations: Ingram Advance 09/01/2005 pg. 130 (EAN 9781596091757, Paperback) Booklist 11/15/1993 pg. 640 (EAN 9781561001385, Analog Audio Cassette) Ingram Advance 08/01/2005 pg. 87 (EAN 9780743264693, Paperback) School Library Journal 01/01/2001 (EAN 9780001052406, Analog Audio Cassette) School Library Journal 11/01/2002 (EAN 9780001052406, Analog Audio Cassette) Wilson Fiction Catalog 01/01/2006 pg. 423 (EAN 9780679417316, Hardcover) Wilson Senior High Core Col 01/01/2007 pg. 762 (EAN 9780679417316, Hardcover) Wilson Fiction Catalog 01/01/2010 pg. 339 (EAN 9780679417316, Hardcover) Wilson Senior High Core Col 01/01/2011 pg. 956 (EAN 9780679417316, Hardcover) Wilson Fiction Catalog 01/01/2014 pg. 417 (EAN 9780679417316, Hardcover) Ingram Paperback Advance 10/01/1999 pg. 49 (EAN 9780451526083, Mass Market Paperbound) Newsweek 02/09/2009 pg. 17 (EAN 9780553210095, Mass Market Paperbound) School Library Journal 07/01/2014 pg. 54 (EAN 9781629233666, Compact Disc) Contributor Bio:  Hawthorne, Nathaniel Nathaniel Hawthorne (1804 - 1864) was a novelist and short story writer. He wrote many classic novels including The Scarlet Letter, Tanglewood Tales, Twice-Told Tales, and The House of the Seven Gables. Contributor Bio:  Hill, Dick Reader of over four hundred audiobooks, Dick Hill has won three coveted Audie Awards and been nominated numerous times. He is also the recipient of several "AudioFile" Earphones Awards. "AudioFile" includes Dick on their prestigious list of Golden Voices.