The Scarlet letter / Nathaniel Hawthorne ; retold by John Escott ; illustrated by Thomas Sperling.
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TextSeries: Oxford bookworms library. Classics. Stage 4Publisher: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2008Description: 88 p. : ill. ; 20 cmISBN: 9780194791830; 0194791831; 9780194793230 (pbk.); 0194793230 (pbk.)Subject(s): Readers | Puritans -- Massachusetts -- Juvenile fiction | Women -- Massachusetts -- Juvenile fiction | Adultery -- Juvenile fiction | Married women -- Juvenile fiction | Clergy -- Juvenile fiction | Boston (Mass.) -- History -- Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775 -- Juvenile fictionLOC classification: PE1126.E736 | S337 2008Summary: Scarlett is the colour of sin, and the letter 'A' stands for 'Adultery.' In the 1600s, in Boston, Massachusetts, love was allowed only between husband and wife. A child born outside of marriage was a child of sin. Hester Prynne must wear the scarlet letter on her dress for the rest of her life. How can she ever escape from this public shame? What will happen to her child, growing up in the shadow of the scarlet letter? The future holds no joy for Hester Prynne. And what will happen to her sinful over - the father of her child?
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Scarlett is the colour of sin, and the letter 'A' stands for 'Adultery.' In the 1600s, in Boston, Massachusetts, love was allowed only between husband and wife. A child born outside of marriage was a child of sin. Hester Prynne must wear the scarlet letter on her dress for the rest of her life. How can she ever escape from this public shame? What will happen to her child, growing up in the shadow of the scarlet letter? The future holds no joy for Hester Prynne. And what will happen to her sinful over - the father of her child?
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