{"product_id":"the-scarlet-letter-paperback-28","title":"The Scarlet Letter - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eNathaniel Hawthorne\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eHenry Claridge\u003c\/b\u003e (Introduction by), \u003cb\u003eHenry Claridge\u003c\/b\u003e (Notes by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIntroduction and Notes by Henry Claridge, Senior Lecturer, School of English, University of Kent at Canterbury.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThis is a troubling story of crime, sin, guilt, punishment and expiation, set in the rigid moral climate of 17th-century New England. The young mother of an illegitimate child confronts her Puritan judges.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eHowever, it is not so much her harsh sentence, but the cruelties of slowly exposed guilt as her lover is revealed, that hold the reader enthralled all the way to the book's poignant climax.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 224\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.6 x 7.7 x 4.9 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e May 05, 1992\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42165644689543,"sku":"9781853260292","price":10.78,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/2623\/2711\/files\/8d6f4bd873d7eec4f4d463bf23f6b645.webp?v=1733315059","url":"https:\/\/booksby.splitshops.com\/products\/the-scarlet-letter-paperback-28","provider":"Books by splitShops","version":"1.0","type":"link"}