Data from ALA Booklist for The Scarlet letter [MP] 1979 (a.e.) (based on The scarlet letter, by Nathaniel Hawthorne)
Wikipedia, 7 June 2016 (The Scarlet Letter; The Scarlet Letter: A Romance is an 1850 work of fiction in a historical setting, written by Nathaniel Hawthorne, and is considered to be his "masterwork;" set in 17th-century Puritan Boston, Massachusetts, during the years 1642 to 1649, it tells the story of Hester Prynne, who conceives a daughter through an affair and struggles to create a new life of repentance and dignity; throughout the book, Hawthorne explores themes of legalism, sin, and guilt)
