The Scarlet Letter

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American literature classic historical fiction work novel

The Scarlet Letter is an 1850 novel by Nathaniel Hawthorne that explores sin, guilt, and social judgment in a 17th-century Puritan community through the story of Hester Prynne and the emblematic letter "A" she is forced to wear.

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Label Occurrences
The Scarlet Letter canonical 32
The Scarlet Letter (novel) 3
"The Scarlet Letter" 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf American literature classic ⓘ
historical fiction work ⓘ
novel ⓘ
antagonist Roger Chillingworth ⓘ
author Nathaniel Hawthorne ⓘ
centralSymbol The Scarlet Letter self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: scarlet letter A
centralTheme female agency ⓘ
guilt ⓘ
hypocrisy ⓘ
individual versus society ⓘ
legalism ⓘ
public shaming ⓘ
redemption ⓘ
sin ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
firstEditionFormat print ⓘ
firstPublishedInCity Boston, Massachusetts ⓘ
surface form: Boston
form prose ⓘ
genre gothic fiction ⓘ
psychological fiction ⓘ
romantic novel ⓘ
hasAdaptation The Scarlet Letter (1926 film) ⓘ
The Scarlet Letter (1934 film) ⓘ
The Scarlet Letter (1973 film) ⓘ
The Scarlet Letter (1995 film) ⓘ
hasISBN 9780142437261 ⓘ
hasLiterarySignificance one of the first great American novels ⓘ
influenced American realist fiction ⓘ
literaryMovement American Romanticism ⓘ
literaryPeriod 19th-century American literature ⓘ
mainCharacter Arthur Dimmesdale ⓘ
Hester Prynne ⓘ
Pearl ⓘ
Roger Chillingworth ⓘ
narrator unnamed custom-house surveyor ⓘ
notableMotif forest versus town ⓘ
light and darkness ⓘ
scaffold scenes ⓘ
openingSection The Scarlet Letter self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: The Custom-House
originalLanguage English ⓘ
partOfSchoolCurriculum United States high school literature ⓘ
protagonist Hester Prynne ⓘ
publicationYear 1850 ⓘ
publisher Ticknor, Reed & Fields ⓘ
setInPlace Boston, Massachusetts ⓘ
surface form: Boston

Massachusetts Bay Colony ⓘ
setInTimePeriod 1640s ⓘ
17th century ⓘ
titleCharacter Hester Prynne ⓘ

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Ticknor and Fields → publishedWork → The Scarlet Letter ⓘ
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