The Scarlet Letter - Nathaniel Hawthorne - Grāmatas -  - 9781699811818 - 2019. gada 14. oktobris
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The Scarlet Letter

In this book summary, study guide, character list, glossary are included as bonus. In June 1642, in the Puritan town of Boston, a crowd gathers to witness an official punishment. A young woman, Hester Prynne, has been found guilty of adultery and must wear a scarlet A on her dress as a sign of shame. Furthermore, she must stand on the scaffold for three hours, exposed to public humiliation. As Hester approaches the scaffold, many of the women in the crowd are angered by her beauty and quiet dignity. When demanded and cajoled to name the father of her child, Hester refuses. As Hester looks out over the crowd, she notices a small, misshapen man and recognizes him as her long-lost husband, who has been presumed lost at sea. When the husband sees Hester's shame, he asks a man in the crowd about her and is told the story of his wife's adultery. He angrily exclaims that the child's father, the partner in the adulterous act, should also be punished and vows to find the man. He chooses a new name - Roger Chillingworth - to aid him in his pl

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Izlaists 2019. gada 14. oktobris
ISBN13 9781699811818
Lapas 202
Izmēri 152 × 229 × 11 mm   ·   276 g
Valoda Angļu  

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