CliffsNotes on Hawthorne's The Scarlet Letter

Synopsis of CliffsNotes on Hawthorne's The Scarlet Letter

«CliffsNotes on Hawthorne's The Scarlet Letter» is Susan Van Kirk's study guide to Hawthorne's novel, from Cliffs Notes in paperback (132 pp.).

CliffsNotes guide devoted to Nathaniel Hawthorne's novel set in seventeenth-century Puritan Massachusetts. It analyzes chapter by chapter the story of Hester Prynne, condemned for adultery and forced to wear a scarlet letter A, and includes commentary on characters, symbols and literary devices, as well as context on the author's life and the work's genesis.

Part of the CliffsNotes Literature series, in its first edition of 2000. Text in English.

For literature students and readers who want to delve deeper into the novel with the help of summaries and analysis.