HAWTHORNE, Nathaniel <br/><br/>
The scarlet letter / 
Nathaniel Hawthorne ; illustrations by Robert Quackenbush ; afterword by James Guimond. 
 - Montreal :  The Reader's Digest Association,  c1984. 
 - 221p. :  ill. ;  23cm. 
<br/><br/> 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. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>0895771845 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/> Boston (Mass.)--Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775-- Fiction. --History <br/> Illegitimate children--Fiction. <br/> Triangles (Interpersonal relations)--Fiction. 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>808.0427 HAW