The Scarlet Letter

Roger Chillingworth arrives in New England after two years separation from his wife, Hester Prynne, to find her on trial for adultery. She refuses to reveal her lover and is sentenced to wear a scarlet letter A sewn onto her clothes. Resolving to discover the mans identity, Roger sets out to destroy his rival, while Hester desperately tries to protect her illegitimate daughter from a society determined to condemn them both.,A smash hit in its day, The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne is the gripping tale of three New England settlers at odds with the seventeenth-century Puritan society in which they live, and remains one of literatures most evocative portraits of a love triangle.,This beautiful Macmillan Collectors Library edition of The Scarlet Letter features an afterword by broadcaster Jonty Claypole.,This beautiful Macmillan Collectors Library edition of The Scarlet Letter features an afterword by broadcaster Jonty Claypole.,Красный - цвет греха. Буква А означает адюльтер, прелюбодеяние. В 1600 году в Бостоне, штат Массачусетс, любовь была законной только между мужем и женой. Дитя, рожденное не в браке, оказывалось вне закона. Эстер Прин должна до конца дней носить на своей одежде красную букву А. Как ей избавиться от человеческого осуждения? Что будет с ее ребенком, который растет в тени позорной красной буквы? И что станется с ее грешным любовником - отцом ребенка?,Roger Chillingworth arrives in New England after two years separation from his wife, Hester Prynne, to find her on trial for adultery. She refuses to reveal her lover and is sentenced to wear a scarlet letter A sewn onto her clothes. Resolving to discover the mans identity, Roger sets out to destroy his rival, while Hester desperately tries to protect her illegitimate daughter from a society determined to condemn them both.