The Scarlet Letter; Nathaniel Hawthrone Illustrated by W.A. Dwiggins

Publisher: Heritage Press Edition:First Edition Year: 1935 Description: VG, 280 pp.; The Heritage Press First Edition 1935; Hawthorne's American classic literature novel set in Salem Mass. during the Puritan times (1642-1649) when Hester Prynne has to wear a Scarlet A on her dresses as punishment for concieving a child through an affair.; The Scarlet Letter is a sign of her sin of adultry and guilt associated with it to be seen by all in the Massachusettes Bay Colony.; the illustrations in this book by W.A. Dwiggins are exquisite and colorful.; made into a Hollywood movie (1995) with Demi Moore playing Hester Prynne, Gary Oldman playing Arthur Dimmesdale, and Robert Duvall playing Roger Chillingworth; directed by Roland Joffe. Author: Nathaniel Hawthrone Illustrated by W.A. Dwiggins