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In early colonial Massachusetts, a young woman endures the consequences of her sin of adultery and spends the rest of her life in atonement.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Hawthorne, Nathaniel, 1804-1864 (Author)
Other Authors: Moser, Barry (Illustrator), Rutledge, Yvette (Illustrator)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: San Diego : Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, [1986?]
Edition:First edition.
Subjects:
Boston (Mass.) > History > Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775 > Fiction.
Triangles (Interpersonal relations) > Fiction.
Illegitimate children > Fiction.
Women immigrants > Fiction.
Married women > Fiction.
Puritans > Fiction.
Adultery > Fiction.
Revenge > Fiction.
Clergy > Fiction.
Massachusetts > History > Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775 > Fiction.
Puritans > Massachusetts > Fiction.
Adultery.
Clergy.
Illegitimate children.
Married women.
Puritans.
Revenge.
Triangles (Interpersonal relations)
Women immigrants.
Massachusetts > Boston.
1600-1775
English fiction
United States
Psychological fiction.
Historical fiction.
Fiction.
History.
Description
Summary:In early colonial Massachusetts, a young woman endures the consequences of her sin of adultery and spends the rest of her life in atonement.
Item Description:The Cushing Library/Basbanes collection copy is inscribed to Nicholas Basbanes by Barry Moser and is part of the Nicholas A. Basbanes Collection of Inscribed Books.
Calligraphy by Yvette Rutledge.
Physical Description:xix, 181 pages, 24 unnumbered leaves of plates : illustrations ; 28 cm
ISBN:0151795681
9780151795680