The scarlet letter / Nathaniel Hawthorne ; illustrations by Robert Quackenbush ; afterword by James Guimond.

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HAWTHORNE, Nathaniel

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Material type: Text

TextPublication details: Montreal : The Reader's Digest Association, c1984.Description: 221p. : ill. ; 23cmISBN:

0895771845

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DDC classification:

22nd ed. 808.0427 HAW

Summary: Set in the harsh Puritan environment of 17th century Boston, The scarlet letter describes the plight of Hester Prynne, an independent-minded woman who stands alone against society. Having given birth to a child after an illicit affair, she refuses to name the father and is forced to wear the letter "A" for adulteress embroidered on her dress.

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Item type	Current library	Collection	Call number	Status	Barcode
Books	CUoM Library General Stacks	Literature/Kiswahili Fasihi	808.0427 HAW (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available	00007785

Set in the harsh Puritan environment of 17th century Boston, The scarlet letter describes the plight of Hester Prynne, an independent-minded woman who stands alone against society. Having given birth to a child after an illicit affair, she refuses to name the father and is forced to wear the letter "A" for adulteress embroidered on her dress.

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