| Description |
1 online resource (1 audio file (8hr., 39 min.)) : digital. |
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digital digital recording rda |
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data file rda |
| Access |
Digital content provided by hoopla. |
| Performer |
Performed by Flo Gibson. |
| Summary |
America's first psychological novel, Nathaniel Hawthorne's The Scarlet Letter is a dark tale of love, crime, and revenge set in colonial New England. It revolves around a single, forbidden act of passion that forever alters the lives of three members of a small Puritan community: Hester Prynne, an ardent and fierce woman who bears the punishment of her sin in humble silence; the Reverend Arthur Dimmesdale, a respected public figure who is inwardly tormented by long-hidden guilt; and the malevolent Roger Chillingworth, Hester's husband-a man who seethes with an Ahab-like lust for vengeance. The landscape of this classic novel is uniquely American, but the themes it explores are universal - the nature of sin, guilt, and penitence, the clash between our private and public selves, and the spiritual and psychological cost of living outside society. Constructed with the elegance of a Greek tragedy, The Scarlet Letter brilliantly illuminates the truth that lies deep within the human heart. |
| System Details |
Mode of access: World Wide Web. |
| Subject |
Puritans -- Massachusetts -- Fiction.
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Women -- Massachusetts -- Fiction.
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| Genre |
Historical fiction.
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Didactic fiction.
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| Added Author |
Gibson, Flo. Narrator.
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hoopla digital.
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| ISBN |
9781449879846 (sound recording : hoopla Audio Book) |
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1449879845 (sound recording : hoopla Audio Book) |
| Music No. |
MWT13525193 |
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