Nathaniel Hawthorne's classic American novel The Scarlet Letter follows Hester Prynne, a woman living in the rigid Puritan society of 17th century Boston.

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Nathaniel Hawthorne's "The Complete Works of Nathaniel Hawthorne (With Illustrations)" is a comprehensive anthology that encapsulates the author's profound exploration of themes such as guilt, morality, and the complexities of human nature.

... Hawthorne also seems to undermine the fourth view that faith and hope alone are adequate , that our works or merits do not need to justify our beliefs . But what is more clear and obvious about his tale is that Mercy and Love at least ...

... Hawthorne's universe impinge, something leaks through; there is a stain. A sensation of blasphemous overlapping, of some vast substance chemically betraying itself, is central to the Gothic tradition of which Hawthorne's tales are ...

... Hawthorne's work was his life ; and as his work , Hawthorne's life was round , for it came full circle and by a most uncanny , symmetrical route . " My journey , as thou callest it , forth and back again , must needs be done ' twixt now ...