The Scarlet Letter: Annotated

In Puritan New England, Hester Prynne is condemned to wear a scarlet A after bearing a child outside marriage. Refusing to name the father, she endures public shame while secrecy, guilt, and revenge transform everyone around her. Nathaniel Hawthorne's landmark novel explores conscience, identity, hypocrisy, and moral courage with enduring psychological power. This distinctive J. ADV reader's edition preserves the complete text and adds original editorial material: an introduction, historical and literary context, a guide to The Custom-House, 24 chapter reading focuses, a character map, themes and symbols, a glossary, study questions, and an original illustrated frontispiece. Carefully designed A5 pages and balanced margins support comfortable reading.