puritans

Describes the struggles of the Pilgrims in America during their first years, their relationship with Native Americans, and how they overcame their hardships.

Documents the civil and church trials of Anne Hutchinson in the seventeenth century in Massachusetts.

Hester Prynne, condemned by Puritan law to wear the scarlet letter "A" for adulteress, endures her ostracism with dignity, while her lover is tormented by the burden of an unexposed sin.

Presents an annotated edition of "The Scarlet Letter," the story of a young wife convicted of adultery in seventeenth-century New England, and includes five shorter works by Hawthorne, a selection of the author's letters and notebook entries, and critical commentary.

A biography of the 17th century Puritan leader John Winthrop focusing on his moral convictions and leadership of the Puritans in the New World.

Chronicles the life of John Winthrop, the first governor of the Massachusetts Bay Colony, drawing from archival materials in the U.S., England, and Ireland to describe his life before coming to America, his spiritual motivations, and his political struggles.

Follows the story of Pearl, the daughter of Hester Prynne, as she grows into adulthood, out of the shadow of her mother's "crime" and into her own sexual awakening and complicated marriage.

In 17th-century New England, Hepzibah Pyncheon tries to protect her ex-convict brother from the persecution of the unscrupulous Judge Pyncheon.

Hester Prynne, a young woman in seventeenth century Massachusets, is condemned by Puritan law to wear a scarlet "A" as the symbol of the sin she committed.