The Scarlet Letter

**Delve into *The Scarlet Letter*, Nathaniel Hawthorne's meditation on human alienation and its effect on the soul in this story set in seventeenth-century Massachusetts.** In Nathaniel Hawthorne's dark novel, *The Scarlet Letter*, a single sinful act ruins the lives of three people-none more so than Hester Prynne, a young, beautiful, and dignified woman who conceived a child out of wedlock and receives the public punishment of having to always wear a scarlet "A" on her clothing. This collectible edition of *The Scarlet Letter* features: - A gorgeous faux-leather cover with foil-embossed designs - Introduction by retired English professor and former Honors Program Director at Cameron University, Mike Lee Davis - Unabridged text This haunting book is a great gift for a Classics lover and perfect for display in a personal home library. Essential volumes for the shelves of every classic literature lover, **Chartwell Deluxe Editions** offer beautifully presented works from some of the most important authors in literary history. Other deluxe classics from Chartwell include *Little Women*, *Alice's Adventures in Wonderland*, T*he Essential Tales and Poems of Edgar Allan Poe*, *Anne of Green Gables*, *The Inferno*, *Dracula*, *The Republic*, *The Iliad*, *Meditations*, and *Irish Fairy and Folk Tales*.