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The canonical american masterpiece of sin, guilt, and revenge, in an authoritative new edition from penguin classics with a foreword by tom perrotta. Prynne, a young woman in seventeenth century massachusetts, is condemned by puritan law to wear a scarlet a as the symbol of the sin she committed. A teachers guide to the signet classics edition of the scarlet letter by nathaniel hawthorne. Set in puritan massachusetts bay colony during the years 1642 to 1649, the novel tells the story of hester prynne who conceives a daughter through an affair and then struggles to create a new life of repentance and dignity.
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