by Nathaniel Hawthorne · Penguin Classics · tapa blanda · ISBN 9780140430523
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«The Scarlet Letter and Selected Tales» is Nathaniel Hawthorne's novel with five stories, in Penguin Classics paperback (384 pages, in English).
In seventeenth-century Puritan Boston, Hester Prynne, condemned for adultery, must wear a scarlet letter sewn onto her clothes while her community ostracises her. The novel and the accompanying stories explore guilt, hypocrisy and the secrets of colonial New England.
With an introduction by Thomas E. Connolly, the volume is completed by the stories «The Gray Champion», «The Maypole of Merry Mount», «The Minister's Black Veil», «Young Goodman Brown» and «The Gentle Boy».
A classic of American literature, for readers of classic literature interested in the colonial past of New England.
Nathaniel Hawthorne was an American novelist and short story writer. His works often focus on history, morality, and religion.
