The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne

Hester Prynne is a beautiful young woman. She is also an outcast. In the eyes of her neighbors she has committed an unforgivable sin. Everyone knows that her little daughter, Pearl, is the product of an illicit affair but no one knows the identity of Pearl’s father. Hester’s refusal to name him brings more condemnation upon her. But she stands strong in the face of public scorn, even when she is forced to wear the sign of her shame sewn onto her clothes—the scarlet letter "A" for "Adulteress."

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	The Scarlet Letter (Annotated)	Paperback	365662	$7.55		2014
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	The Scarlet Letter (Annotated)	Kindle Edition	323838			2013
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	The Scarlet Letter	Paperback	996059	$6.89	$3.99	2013
	The Scarlet Letter (Illustrated)	Kindle Edition	46913	$0.99		2013
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	The Scarlet Letter (Classic Collection)	Audio CD	1579446	$20.56	$0.53	2001
	The Scarlet Letter	Paperback	2560578	$14.32		2013
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	The Scarlet Letter	Hardcover	2076612		$0.65
	The Scarlet Letter: With The Classic Illustrations	Paperback	25827	$6.99		2021
	The Scarlet Letter (Annotated): Student Edition	Kindle Edition	61306	$0.99		2014
	The Scarlet Letter	Audio CD	3993126	$125.00	$12.35	2002
	The scarlet letter	Kindle Edition	118447	$2.99		2014
	The Scarlet Letter	Audible Audio Edition	33674	$19.95		2014
	Nathaniel Hawthorne Novels: Fanshawe, The Scarlet Letter, The House of the Seven Gables, The Blithedale Romance, The Marble Faun (The Library of America)	Hardcover	11188794		$5.23	1985
	The Scarlet Letter In Plain and Simple English: Includes Study Guide, Complete Unabridged Book, Historical Context, and Character Index	Paperback	543021	$9.02		2012
	The Scarlet Letter: A Dual-Language Book (English - Spanish)	Paperback	8116105	$28.00	$28.53	2018
	The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne	Kindle Edition	660176	$3.99		2021
	Timeless Classics Low Level: Scarlet Letter	Paperback	2919079	$12.06	$8.21	2014
	The Scarlet Letter (Library Edition)	Audio CD	5534534	$60.49	$46.75	2003
	The Scarlet Letter	Kindle Edition	99930	$3.19		2014
	The Scarlet Letter: (Special Illustrated Edition)	Paperback	101672	$9.99		2022
	The Scarlet Letter (Our American Heritage)	Audio CD	12723444		$45.00	2003
	The Scarlet Letter	Paperback	581272	$10.43		2015
	The Scarlet Letter: Student Edition and Annotation Workbook	Paperback	270871	$9.99		2019
	The Scarlet Letter	Paperback	4683	$7.99		2016
	The Scarlet Letter Illustrated	Paperback	367906	$25.99		2021
	The Scarlet Letter	Audio CD	1078890	$17.94	$31.56	2011
	The Scarlet Letter (Dover Thrift Editions)	Kindle Edition	422846			2012
	The Scarlet Letter	Paperback	422017	$5.22	$2.41	2013
	The Scarlet Letter	Paperback	764895	$5.53	$7.98	2015
	The Scarlet Letter	Paperback	1757846	$7.99	$9.24	2015
	The Scarlet Letter	Kindle Edition	70359			2015
	The Scarlet Letter	Paperback	454131	$3.99		2015
	The Scarlet Letter: A Kaplan SAT Score-Raising Classic (Score-Raising Classics)	Kindle Edition	75710	$1.99		2011
	The Scarlet Letter: A Kaplan SAT Score-Raising Classic	Mass Market Paperback	657819	$3.19	$0.01	2006
	The Scarlet Letter: A Kaplan SAT Score-Raising Classic	Paperback	1718810	$9.95	$2.00	2005
	The Scarlet Letter	Paperback	593092	$7.98	$3.46	2012
	The Scarlet Letter	Paperback	303550	$7.50		2013
	The Scarlett Letter (Read by Jane Seymour)	Audio CD	4107600		$10.41
	The Scarlet Letter	Paperback	840974	$7.55	$24.20	2014
	The Scarlet Letter: New Illustrated Edition	Paperback	1060577	$5.40		2021
	The Scarlet Letter	Paperback	175917	$4.95		2014
	The Scarlet Letter	Paperback	168834	$2.46	$2.46	2010
	The Scarlet Letter (Illustrated Second Edition)	Kindle Edition	123933	$1.99		2014
	The Scarlet Letter(classics illustrated)	Paperback	716482	$35.00		2022
	The Scarlet Letter (Signet Classics)	Mass Market Paperback	878840	$1.50	$0.01	1999
	The Scarlet Letter, with eBook (Tantor Unabridged Classics)	Audio CD	2389165	$8.00	$25.72	2008
	The Scarlet Letter	Paperback	117503	$4.89		2016
	The Scarlet Letter	Kindle Edition	384620			2016
	Hawthorne Novels Collection: Fanshawe, The Scarlet Letter, The House of the Seven Gables, The Blithedale Romance, The Marble Faun	Paperback	780474	$24.99		2020
	The Scarlet Letter (The World's Best Reading)	Hardcover	1124994	$1.05	$0.01
	The Scarlet Letter Thrift Study Edition (Dover Thrift Study Edition)	Kindle Edition	301339			2012
	The Scarlet Letter (Word Cloud Classics)	Paperback	587728	$7.23	$7.11	2014
	The Scarlet Letter: Easy Read Edition: Everything You Need in Half the Time	Paperback	151608	$4.51	$5.59	2014
	Scarlet Letter: The Manga Edition	Paperback	3247592	$4.00	$3.90	2009
	The Scarlet Letter (The 100 Greatest Books Ever Written)	Leather Bound	2716542		$30.00	1983
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	The Scarlet Letter Illustrated	Paperback	1654978	$12.34		2022
	The Scarlet Letter	Hardcover	1878383	$6.68	$0.01
	The Scarlet Letter: A Kaplan SAT Score-Raising Classic (Kaplan Test Prep)	Mass Market Paperback	60434	$3.92	$3.07	2011
	The Scarlet Letter: Easy Read Edition: Everything You Need in Half the Time	Kindle Edition	141879			2014
	The Scarlet Letter (Penguin Classics)	Kindle Edition	1978777			2015
	The Scarlet Letter	Paperback	1449873	$14.97		2021
	Scarlet Letter	Hardcover	1690826	$17.90	$0.01
	The Scarlet Letter	Audio CD	4556132	$8.49	$3.00
	The Scarlet Letter	Kindle Edition	141319			2012
	The Scarlet Letter	Kindle Edition	87411			2003
	The Scarlet Letter (Barnes & Noble Classics)	Paperback	678649	$1.08	$0.01	2004
	The Scarlet Letter: A Penguin Enriched eBook Classic (Penguin Classics)	Kindle Edition	215630			2008
	The Scarlet Letter (Illustrated)	Kindle Edition	282418	$0.99		2014
	The Scarlet Letter (Spanish Edition)	Paperback	966920	$5.98	$0.09	2006
	The Scarlet Letter	Audio CD	6093732	$78.95
	The Scarlet Letter (Case Studies in Contemporary Criticism)	Paperback	562560	$12.15	$5.10	2005
	The Scarlet Letter (Case Studies in Contemporary Criticism)	Paperback	2091306	$0.99	$0.01	1990
	The Scarlet Letter (Signet Classics (Pb))	Hardcover	1696152	$131.76	$3.00	1999
	The Scarlet Letter (Classic Collection (Brilliance Audio))	Audio CD	4613926	$79.99	$59.39	2001
	The Scarlet Letter	Audible Audio Edition	2204	$9.95		1999
	THE SCARLET LETTER, New Edition	Paperback	479494	$5.90		2015
	Ignatius Critical Edition: The Scarlet Letter (Ignatius Critical Editions)	Kindle Edition	1050185			2012
	The Scarlet Letter: Ignatius Critical Editions by Hawthorne, Nathaniel(April 30, 2009) Paperback	Paperback	6581259		$47.23
	The Scarlet Letter	Paperback	803913	$10.99		2017
	The Scarlet Letter	Kindle Edition	400448			2017
	The Scarlet Letter By Nathaniel Hawthorne Annotated.	Paperback	1093074	$12.99		2021
	The Scarlet Letter (Xist Classics)	Kindle Edition	12268			2015
	The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne Unabridged 1850 First Edition Original	Paperback	145946	$5.00		2017
	The Scarlet Letter (Wisehouse Classics Edition)	Paperback	1019078	$5.65		2015
	The Scarlet Letter	Paperback	1048266	$10.00		2016
	The Scarlet Letter Level 4 Oxford Bookworms Library: 1400 Headwords	Kindle Edition	773980			2012
	Oxford Bookworms Library: The Scarlet Letter Audio Pack (double CD): Level 4: 1400-Word Vocabulary (Oxford Bookworms Library, Classics: Level 4)	Paperback	4809629	$13.44	$14.82	2009
	Scarlet Letter: A Guide to Reading and Reflecting (Read and Reflect with the Classics)	Hardcover	191256	$17.99		2022
	The Scarlet Letter (Royal Collector's Edition) (Case Laminate Hardcover with Jacket)	Hardcover	362774	$39.75	$50.89	2021
	The Scarlet Letter	Paperback	418355	$5.38	$8.08	2016
	The Scarlet Letter Audio Book Series - 6 CD Set	Audio CD	1097179	$10.27	$10.00
	The Scarlet Letter	Hardcover	1614684	$25.60	$31.42	2015
	The Scarlet Letter and Other Writings (Second Edition) (Norton Critical Editions)	Paperback	967661	$17.91		2017
	The Scarlet Letter	Kindle Edition	786885			2015
	The Scarlet Letter (ReadOn Classics)	Kindle Edition	59889			2017
	The Scarlet Letter (Solis Classics)	Paperback	54767	$6.49		2014
	The Scarlet Letter (Illustrated)	Kindle Edition	122291			2015
	The Scarlet Letter	Paperback	512240	$5.50		2016
	The Scarlet Letter	Kindle Edition	176683			2016
	The Scarlet Letter	Paperback	828216	$4.28	$0.01	2009
	The Scarlet Letter (illustrated)	Kindle Edition	285711			2010
	The Scarlet Letter (Annotated)	Kindle Edition	311093	$0.99		2014
	The Scarlet Letter	Paperback	266767	$4.99		2016
	The Scarlet Letter	Paperback	420285	$7.00		2016
	The Scarlet Letter, with eBook	Audio CD	6181457	$43.60		2008
	The Scarlet Letter SparkNotes Literature Guide (SparkNotes Literature Guide Series)	Kindle Edition	180550			2014
	The Scarlet Letter (SparkNotes)	Paperback	1948540	$2.99	$0.01	2002
	The Scarlet Letter (SparkNotes: No Fear)	Paperback	126602	$3.83	$0.01	2009
	The Scarlet Letter	Kindle Edition	64692			2014
	Scarlet Letter the (Abr)	Audio CD	630678	$78.16	$79.72
	The Scarlet Letter (Illustrated)	Kindle Edition	92798	$1.99		2015
	The Scarlet Letter (Illustrated)	Kindle Edition	302399			2011
	The Scarlet Letter: A Romance	Hardcover	2273305	$41.99		2018
	The Scarlet Letter (New Riverside Editions)	Paperback	379972	$19.39	$1.46	2001
	The Scarlet Letter: A Romance (Vintage Classics)	Paperback	1004768	$3.17	$4.27	2014
	The Scarlet Letter: The Original 1850 Edition (A Nathaniel Hawthorne Classic Novel)	Paperback	201857	$7.75		2023
	The Scarlet Letter	Kindle Edition	1192368			2016
	The Scarlet Letter (AmazonClassics Edition)	Paperback	178117	$6.99		2017
	The Scarlet Letter	Paperback	3976052	$7.00		2016
	The Scarlet Letter	Kindle Edition	373357			2017
	The Scarlet Letter	Hardcover	538640	$15.99	$18.52	2016
	The Scarlett Letter (Talking Classics)	Audio CD	1520705	$2,342.74		2012
	Scarlet Letter (2 CDs)	Audio CD	7054625		$25.00
	The Scarlet Letter, Nathaniel Hawthorne Classic Novel, (Hester Prynne, Adultery, Romantic Tragedy), Ribbon Page Marker, Perfect for Gifting	Paperback	2462447	$13.04		2020
	The Scarlet Letter	Hardcover	1174713		$0.01
	The Scarlet Letter (Annotated)	Audible Audio Edition	42307	$17.46		2017
	The Scarlet Letter	Paperback	118431	$7.81	$3.69	2012
	Manga Classics The Scarlet Letter	Hardcover	1352850	$95.59	$43.43	2020
	THE SCARLET LETTER (non illustrated)	Kindle Edition	375596			2010
	The Scarlet Letter	Audio CD	8297717	$39.69		2006
	The Scarlet Letter	Hardcover	1773648		$3.50
	The Scarlet Letter (Bantam Classics)	Mass Market Paperback	6767	$1.99	$0.01	1981
	Manga Classics: The Scarlet Letter Softcover	Paperback	203394	$12.13	$10.99	2015
	The Scarlet Letter	Hardcover	260123	$15.99	$20.09	2017
	The Scarlet Letter SparkNotes Literature Guide (SparkNotes Literature Guide Series)	Paperback	374794	$1.93	$2.87	2014
	The Scarlet Letter	Paperback	1117455	$7.99		2022
	The Scarlet Letter - Large Print Edition (Quellen Und Forschungen Zur Sprach- Und Kulturgeschichte der)	Paperback	896651	$14.52	$5.49	2013
	The Scarlet Letter	Kindle Edition	63061	$0.99		2022
	The Scarlet Letter: Classic Illustrations	Paperback	97347	$6.99		2021
	The Scarlet Letter	Paperback	746094	$5.99		2015
	The Scarlet Letter: Ignatius Critical Editions	Paperback	1091438	$6.31	$3.85	2009
	The Scarlet Letter: Illustrated	Kindle Edition	30254	$0.45		2020
	The Scarlet Letter	Paperback	259486	$4.83	$2.80	2015
	The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne: Illustrated	Paperback	1231469	$4.49		2020
	The Scarlet Letter (Keynote Classics)	Paperback	141839	$7.99		2018
	The Scarlet Letter (Top Shelf Large Print Edition)	Paperback	627593	$16.99		2019
	The Scarlet Letter (100 Copy Collector's Edition)	Hardcover	1213124	$59.95	$78.84	2019
	Scarlet Letter: Novel-Ties Study Guide	Paperback	761474	$14.64		1983
	The Scarlet Letter	Hardcover	1779109	$15.07	$12.22	2005
	The Scarlet Letter (Warbler Classics)	Paperback	491014	$11.95		2020
	The Scarlet Letter: Annotated Edition (American Classics)	Paperback	1089437	$7.99	$8.27	2019
	The Scarlet Letter. The House of the Seven Gables, a Romance; Volume 1	Hardcover	920172	$30.95		2016
	The Scarlet Letter (100 Copy Limited Edition)	Hardcover	626951	$59.95	$78.63	2019
	The Scarlet Letter	Paperback	217687	$5.88		2019
	The Scarlet Letter (Annotated)	Paperback	158195	$4.99		2020
	The Scarlet Letter	Paperback	87878	$3.95	$3.87	2015
	CliffsComplete The Scarlet Letter	Paperback	255847	$4.99	$0.01	2001
	The Scarlet Letter (Annotated Keynote Classics)	Paperback	875575	$9.99		2020
	The Scarlet Letter (Legend Classics)	Paperback	1588346	$10.02	$12.74	2020
	The Scarlet Letter (Saddleback Illustrated Classics)	Paperback	2187518	$7.88	$2.58	2007
	The Scarlet Letter	Kindle Edition	330582			2012
	The Scarlet Letter (Perma-Bound Classics)	Hardcover	1229000	$18.99	$3.98
	The Scarlet Letter	Audio CD	2680261	$12.00	$0.66
	The Scarlet Letter	Paperback	65304	$6.97	$3.17	2013
	The Scarlet Letter	Kindle Edition	125818	$4.74		2013
	The Scarlet Letter (Dover Thrift Study Edition)	Paperback	15732	$3.00	$0.98	2009
	The Scarlet Letter and Other Writings (Norton Critical Editions)	Paperback	16184	$11.53	$1.59	2004
	The Scarlet Letter (Signet Classics)	Mass Market Paperback	251522	$0.62	$0.01	2009
	The Scarlet Letter	Hardcover	270815	$8.36	$3.74	1992
	The Scarlet Letter (Oxford World's Classics)	Paperback	252691	$2.63	$0.01	2009
	The Scarlet Letter, with eBook (Tantor Unabridged Classics)	Audio CD	1866153	$12.64	$10.81	2008
	The Scarlet Letter (Calla Editions)	Hardcover	1843896	$45.00		2016
	The Scarlet Letter (International Collectors Library)	Hardcover	1250032	$48.29	$4.49
	The Scarlet Letter (Timeless Classics)	Audio CD	2331044	$11.43	$13.05	2013
	The Scarlet Letter	Audio CD	2646547	$15.00
	The Scarlet Letter	Paperback	34078	$3.20	$1.91	2019
	The Scarlet Letter	Hardcover	2226325		$8.95
	The Scarlet Letter: The Original 1850 Edition (Nathaniel Hawthorne Classics)	Paperback	557412	$6.97		2022
	The Scarlet Letter In Plain and Simple English (Includes Study Guide, Complete Unabridged Book, Historical Context, and Character Index)(Annotated)	Kindle Edition	486377	$2.99		2012
	Nathaniel Hawthorne : Collected Novels: Fanshawe, The Scarlet Letter, The House of the Seven Gables, The Blithedale Romance, The Marble Faun (Library of America)	Hardcover	128619	$24.85	$6.39	1983
	Scarlet Letter: The Manga Edition	Paperback	283022	$4.09	$1.76	2009
	The Scarlet Letter	Audio CD	3293955	$27.95	$16.39
	The Scarlet Letter	Paperback	10360	$3.98		2015
	The Scarlet Letter	Audio CD	8581333	$28.99		2013
	The Scarlet Letter	Mass Market Paperback	1402614	$1.09	$0.01	1989
	Scarlet Letter (Wordsworth Classics)	Paperback	143267	$4.72	$0.01	1992
	The Scarlet Letter	Paperback	253076	$5.97	$5.86	2013
	The Scarlet Letter	Paperback	1123685	$5.89	$0.01	2003
	The Scarlet Letter (Barnes & Noble Classics)	Hardcover	1464047	$3.07	$0.01	2004
	The Scarlet Letter	Paperback	409842	$3.73	$3.73	2015
	The Scarlet Letter (Annotated)	Kindle Edition	100698			2013
	The Scarlet Letter: Unabridged edition (Immortal Classics)	Paperback	297355	$5.75		2015
	The Scarlet Letter	Paperback	490156	$5.79		2015
	The Scarlet Letter: With linked Table of Contents	Kindle Edition	102925			2015
	The Scarlet Letter (Bantam Classics) Publisher: Bantam Classics	Mass Market Paperback	808391	$2.14	$1.46
	The Scarlet Letter: [Original Version]	Paperback	84184	$4.87		2017
	The Scarlet Letter	Hardcover	177649	$11.34		2016
	The Scarlet Letter	Paperback	39697	$6.99		2017
	The Scarlet Letter	Paperback	161141	$5.79		2017
	The Scarlet Letter: Annotated Student and Teacher Edition	Paperback	790030	$11.99		2016
	Oxford Bookworms Library: The Scarlet Letter: Level 4: 1400-Word Vocabulary (Oxford Bookworms Library 4)	Paperback	1414319	$9.38	$4.97	2008
	The Scarlet Letter (Turtleback School & Library Binding Edition) (Sparknotes: No Fear)	Library Binding	86418	$14.30	$14.24	2009
	The Scarlet Letter (Dover Thrift Editions: Classic Novels)	Paperback	33247	$2.99	$0.99	1994
	The Scarlet Letter	Audio CD	3053995	$25.08	$44.82	2014
	The Scarlet Letter (Original Illustrations): Illustrated Classic	Paperback	62654	$8.95	$5.58	2019
	The Scarlet Letter: The Original 1850 Unabridged and Complete Edition (A Nathaniel Hawthorne Classics)	Kindle Edition	114069	$1.09		2023