The Scarlet Letter

From the Series First Avenue Classics ™

  • Interest Level: Grade 7 - Grade 12
  • Reading Level: Grade 11

Hester Prynne has committed one of the worst crimes in seventeenth-century Puritan Boston: adultery. To make matter worse, she is pregnant. As punishment, she is shamed and forced to wear a large red “A” on her chest at all times. Despite interrogations from the villagers, Hester refuses to reveal the father’s identity. As raising an unruly child, dealing with her husband’s thirst for revenge, and watching her lover’s increasing guilt begin to take their toll, Hester must decide whether keeping her secret is worth the price. This unabridged version of Nathaniel Hawthorne’s classic American novel is taken from the 1878 copyright edition, featuring original illustrations drawn by Mary Hallock Foote and engraved by A. V. S. Anthony, as well as ornamental pieces illustrated by L. S. Ipsen.

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978-1-4677-6851-1
$14.99
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Interest Level Grade 7 - Grade 12
Reading Level Grade 11
Genre Young Adult
Publisher Lerner Publishing Group
Brand First Avenue Classics ™
Imprint First Avenue Editions ™
Language English
Publication Date 2014-08-01
Text Type Fiction
BISACS FIC004000, FIC014070, FIC019000
Dewey 813'.3
Graphics 1-color illustrations
Lexile 1420
ATOS Reading Level 11.7
Accelerated Reader® Points 14.0
Features Original artwork and Table of contents