The Scarlet Letter (Chiltern Classics) Poetry_Gift_Guide One icy evening

One icy evening

Against a backdrop of incest and fratricide

A woman married to a twin pretends not to realize when her husband and his brother impersonate each other

and what’s possible in the world

for the first time ever in North America

The Scarlet Letter (Chiltern Classics) Poetry_Gift_Guide One icy eveningThe Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne is a classic novel set in Puritanical Boston in the mid17th century. It tells the story of Hester Prynne, a young woman who is publicly shamed and ostracized for having a child out of wedlock. Hester is forced to wear a scarlet A on her clothing to signify her status as an adulterer. As she struggles to survive in a Puritanical society that is unforgiving of her sins, Hester is eventually able to redeem