The Scarlet Letter
Recommended by Carol Gilligan, and 1 others. See all reviewsRanked #3 in Adultery, Ranked #12 in Infidelity — see more rankings.
Nathaniel Hawthorne's THE SCARLET LETTER reaches to our nation's historical and moral roots for the material of great tragedy. Set in an early New England colony, the novel shows the terrible impact a single, passionate act has on the lives of three members of the community: the defiant Hester Prynne; the fiery, tortured Reverend Dimmesdale; and the obsessed, vengeful Chillingworth.
With THE SCARLET LETTER, Hawthorne became the first American novelist to forge from our Puritan heritage a universal classic, a masterful exploration of humanity's unending struggle with sin, guilt and... more
With THE SCARLET LETTER, Hawthorne became the first American novelist to forge from our Puritan heritage a universal classic, a masterful exploration of humanity's unending struggle with sin, guilt and... more
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Carol Gilligan The Scarlet Letter is a tragic love story, but it’s also a story about resistance and transformation. (Source)
Rankings by Category
The Scarlet Letter is ranked in the following categories:
- #73 in 10th Grade
- #14 in 11th Grade
- #97 in 12th Grade
- #71 in 15-Year-Old
- #14 in 16-Year-Old
- #97 in 17-Year-Old
- #97 in 18-Year-Old
- #39 in American
- #18 in American Literature
- #49 in Americana
- #34 in Class
- #42 in Classic
- #79 in Classical
- #19 in High School
- #28 in High School Reading
- #87 in Leather
- #75 in Leather Bound
- #84 in Literary
- #49 in Literature
- #53 in Nook
- #49 in Penguin Classics
- #94 in Podcast
- #87 in Project Gutenberg
- #31 in Public Domain
- #80 in Sexuality
- #72 in Shakespeare
- #48 in University
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