{"product_id":"9781847494214","title":"The Scarlet Letter","description":"\u003cstrong\u003eThe Scarlet Letter\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor(s): Nathaniel Hawthorne\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eHaving been found guilty of adultery, Hester Prynne is forced to wear an embroidered scarlet letter A as a punishment for her sin. While her vengeful husband embarks on a quest to discover the identity of her lover, she is left to face the consequences of her infidelity and find a place for herself and her illegitimate child in the hostile environment of seventeenth-century Puritan Boston.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNathaniel Hawthorne's tense narrative astonished readers with its unparalleled psychological depth when it first appeared, and the novel now stands as one of America's literary landmarks.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eReview(s):\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e“One of the greatest allegories in all literature.” - D.H. Lawrence\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“The books of Hawthorne . . . should be sold by the hundred thousand, and read by the million; and admired by everyone who is capable of admiration.” - Herman Melville\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“We look upon him as one of the few men of indisputable genius to whom our country has as yet given birth.” - Edgar Allan Poe\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“The finest piece of imaginative writing yet put forth in the country.” - Henry James\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eISBN:  9781847494214\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e ","brand":"Alma Classics","offers":[{"title":"Paperback \/ softback","offer_id":40673466253518,"sku":"9781847494214","price":8.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0600\/7029\/7806\/products\/getimage_706d36e6-4bb3-4c6a-8f42-2d9c0fb79f27.jpg?v=1639884665","url":"https:\/\/pickwickbookshop.com\/products\/9781847494214","provider":"Pickwick Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}