TY - BOOK AU - HAWTHORNE, NATHANIEL TI - THE SCARLET LETTER SN - 9780007350926 U1 - F 823 PY - 2010/// CY - London, UK PB - HarperCollins Publishers KW - English - Fiction N2 - In Puritan, 17th century Boston, Hester Prynne is an independent-minded woman who stands alone against society. Having given birth to a child after an illicit affair, she refuses to name the father and is forced to the wear the letter "A" (representing "adulteress) embroidered on her dress ER -