Author(s): Nathaniel Hawthorne

Learning Material & Coursework (ELT)

Classic / American English (Available February 2008) Boston in the 1600s is a small town, but a large crowd waits for Hester Prynne outside the prison. She carries a baby in her arms and the scarlet letter A is on her dress. A is for adulteress. Who is the father of her baby? Nobody knows and Hester will not say.