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After a two-year absence a husband returns to find his wife wearing the scarlet 'A' for Adulteress on her breast. Determined to find her lover, he embarks on a destructive path of revenge. This edition uses the text of the centenary edition, and includes a wide-ranging critical introductio...

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Main Author: Hawthorne, Nathaniel, 1804-1864 (Author)
Other Authors: Harding, Brian (Brian R.) (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2020.
Edition:New edition. /
Series:Oxford world's classics.
Subjects:
Prynne, Hester > (Fictitious character) > Fiction.
Puritans > Massachusetts > Fiction.
Boston (Mass.) > History > Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775 > Fiction.
Electronic books.
Historical fiction.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
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Summary:After a two-year absence a husband returns to find his wife wearing the scarlet 'A' for Adulteress on her breast. Determined to find her lover, he embarks on a destructive path of revenge. This edition uses the text of the centenary edition, and includes a wide-ranging critical introduction.
Item Description:This edition previously issued in print: 2007.
Physical Description:1 online resource (xxxii, 226 pages).
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN:9780191921131 (ebook) :
DOI:10.1093/owc/9780199537808.001.0001