Women's Issues in Nathaniel Hawthorne's the Scarlet Letter

by Claudia Durst Johnson

Book Overview

When an extramarital affair with a minister results in a child, Hester Pryne is publically shamed and ostracized by her community in Puritan Boston. Her subsequent attempts at a quiet life are complicated by a vengeful husband, her rambunctious daughter, her refusal to name the father of her child, and finally, by a desperate attempt to escape from Boston. This compelling edition takes a critical look at Nathaniel Hawthorne's The Scarlet Letter through...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0737742631
• ISBN13: 9780737742633
• Release Date: August 2008
• Publisher: Greenhaven Publishing
• Length: 168 Pages
• Weight: 0.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 5.9" x 8.7"
• Age Range: 15 to 17 years
• Grade Range: Grades 10 to 12