Nathaniel Hawthorne: The Scarlet Letter, Kartoniert / Broschiert

Beschreibung

Hester Prynne is young, beautiful, passionate, and alone. Her husband has been abroad for years, maybe lost at sea. Many men take the opportunity to try to comfort and charm her. . . . There is only one Hester cant resist. When Hesters sin is discovered, the townspeople of Boston force her to wear the scarlet letter as a stamp of shame: A for Adultery. But Hester suffers her punishment in brave silence, refusing to give up the name of the man she loves. She protects him and their forbidden loveto the very end.

Klappentext

There was a fire in her and throughout her.
Hester Prynne's husband had been abroad for years, maybe lost at sea. Many men used the opportunity to try to charm her. . . . There was only one Hester couldn't resist.
When Hester's sin is discovered, the townspeople of Boston force her to wear the scarlet letter as a stamp of shame. But Hester refuses to give up the name of the man she loves. She'll protect him and their forbidden love?to the very end.
Nathaniel Hawthorne's masterpiece of dark romanticism is one of the most enduring stories about the price of unchecked passion. Beautifully presented for a modern teen audience, this is the must-have edition of a timeless classic.