TY - BOOK AU - Hawthorne,Nathaniel TI - The scarlet letter T2 - Running Press Classic SN - 0894714740 AV - PS1868 .A1 1986 U1 - 813/.3 19 PY - 0000/// CY - Philadelphia PB - Running Press KW - Hawthorne, Nathaniel, KW - Scarlet letter (Hawthorne, Nathaniel) KW - fast KW - Mothers and daughters in literature KW - Women in literature KW - Adultery in literature KW - Puritans in literature KW - Literature KW - Massachusetts KW - In literature N1 - Includes preface to the second ed. and essays by George Parsons Lathrop and Mark Van Doren N2 - In Boston 200 years ago, a young woman must wear a scarlet A on her clothing as a sign of her sin of adultery. She was led into sin by her pastor who confesses just before he dies ER -