Hawthorne, Nathaniel

Nathaniel Hawthorne retells classic Greek myths, including such subjects and characters as the Minotaur, the Pygmies, the dragon's teeth, Circe's palace, the pomegranate seeds, the Golden Fleece, Odysseus, Zeus, Theseus and Ariadne, Cadmus and Europa, and Jason and the Argonauts.

Hester Prynne, a young wife in colonial New England, is sentenced to wear a scarlet "A" on her clothing, as a public acknowledgement of her sin of adultery.

A prominent New England family suffering under a curse is plagued by greed, vengeful acts, and violent death.

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. Includes a selection of study aids.

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

In seventeenth-century New England, Hester Prynne is condemned by Puritan law to wear a scarlet "A" as the symbol of the sin she had committed.

Nathaniel Hawthorne's classic story of the Pyncheon family, who lived for generations under the curse of a supposed witch who had once occupied the land, until the arrival of young Phoebe Pyncheon from the country. Includes explanatory notes, critical commentary, and chronology of author's life.