Work

The Scarlet Letter

Nathaniel Hawthorne · 1850novel

Genre
- historical fiction
- literary & general
Theme
- faith and religion
- redemption
Place
- north america
- small town
Time
- renaissance and early modern
Tone
- dark
- reflective
Audience
- adult

Also present

Themeidentity parenthood

In 17th-century Puritan Boston, Massachusetts of 1642-1649, a woman conceives a daughter through an adulterous affair, then struggles to create a new life of repentance and dignity.

Source · ISFDB CC BY 4.0

Placement

contained in The Collected Supernatural and Weird Fiction of Nathaniel Hawthorne: Volume 3collection
contained in The Complete Novels and Selected Tales of Nathaniel Hawthorneomnibus