The Scarlet Letter (version 2)
Author(s): Nathaniel Hawthorne
Genre(s): Historical Fiction, Literary Fiction
Narrators: Cori Samuel
Number of Chapters: 27
Length: 09 hours and 25 minutes
Language: English
This book tells the story of Hester Prynne, a young woman who conceives a child while her husband is missing at sea. The Puritan Elders of the New England settlement of Boston, where she lives, condemn her to wear a scarlet letter A to signify her adultery. She refuses to name her lover, and he too keeps his silence, but with a terrible cost.
The tale is prefaced with an account of the Salem Custom-house where Nathaniel Hawthorne was working when he began writing The Scarlet Letter. Summary by Cori Samuel
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The audiobook The Scarlet Letter (version 2) falls under the genres of Historical Fiction, Literary Fiction. It is written by Nathaniel Hawthorne.