01138cam a2200229 4500 532716300 TxAuBib 20211116120000.0 211116s2010||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 9781452854366 145285436X TxAuBib Hawthorne, Nathaniel, 1804-1864. The Scarlet Letter / Nathaniel Hawthorne. USA : Pacific Publishing Studio, 2010. 193 pages. In Puritan Boston, Massachusetts, a crowd gathers to witness the punishment of Hester Prynne, a young woman who has given birth to a baby of unknown parentage. Her sentence required her to stand on the scaffold for three hours, exposed to public humiliation, and to wear the scarlet "A" for the rest of her life. As Hester approaches the scaffold, many of the women in the crowd are angered by her beauty and quiet dignity. When demanded and cajoled to name the father of her child, Hester refuses. 20211116. Historical fiction. Thriller. TXBVM