Book profile
The Scarlet Letter
- Subgenre
- romance
- Edition year
- 2005-12
- Rating
- ★ 3.2 · 956 ratingsExternal reader rating · Hardcover
- Spice
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Set in a strict Puritan society, the novel follows Hester Prynne, an independent woman marked by sin; Reverend Arthur Dimmesdale, a clergyman consumed by hidden guilt; and Roger Chillingworth, a husband driven by vengeance. The work explores human responses to sin, guilt, and the deadly consequences of the inability to forgive oneself and others, peering into psychological and moral shadows.
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- Revenge Plot: “the vengeance-obsessed Roger Chillingworth” source
- Strong Heroine: “the beautiful and independent Hester Prynne” source
- Tortured Hero: “the pious yet guilt-ridden Reverend Arthur Dimmesdale” source
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