{"product_id":"the-scarlet-letter-nathaniel-hawthorne-9781853260292","title":"The Scarlet Letter","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIntroduction and Notes by Henry Claridge, Senior Lecturer, School of English, University of Kent at Canterbury.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThis is a troubling story of crime, sin, guilt, punishment and expiation, set in the rigid moral climate of 17th-century New England. The young mother of an illegitimate child confronts her Puritan judges.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eHowever, it is not so much her harsh sentence, but the cruelties of slowly exposed guilt as her lover is revealed, that hold the reader enthralled all the way to the book's poignant climax.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Nathaniel Hawthorne\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1853260290\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781853260292\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Wordsworth Editions\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/05\/1992\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 224\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.35lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.70h x 4.90w x 0.60d","brand":"Nathaniel Hawthorne","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43988042449151,"sku":"9781853260292","price":7.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_c75b784b-8a00-4724-be90-73869e0391ac.jpg?v=1683292292","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-scarlet-letter-nathaniel-hawthorne-9781853260292","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}