Delve into The Scarlet Letter , Nathaniel Hawthorne’s meditation on human alienation and its effect on the soul in this story set in seventeenth-century Massachusetts. In Nathaniel Hawthorne’s dark novel, The Scarlet Letter , a single sinful act ruins the lives of three people–none more so than Hester Prynne, a young, beautiful, and dignified woman who conceived a child out of wedlock and receives the public punishment of having to always wear a scarlet “A” on her clothing. This collectible edition of The Scarlet Letter features: A gorgeous faux-leather cover with foil-embossed designs Introduction by retired English professor and former Honors Program Director at Cameron University, Mike Lee Davis Unabridged text This haunting book is a great gift for a Classics lover and perfect for display in a personal home library. Essential volumes for the shelves of every classic literature lover, Chartwell Deluxe Editions offer beautifully presented works from some of the most important authors in literary history. Other deluxe classics from Chartwell include Little Women , Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland , T he Essential Tales and Poems of Edgar Allan Poe , Anne of Green Gables , The Inferno , Dracula , The Republic , The Iliad , Meditations , and Irish Fairy and Folk Tales .