{"product_id":"2026100008766-secondhand-the-scarlet-letter","title":"The Scarlet Letter","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition remarks:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBook: Good\u003cbr\u003eJacket: Slipcase: Good\u003cbr\u003ePages: Good\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn the unforgiving shadow of a seventeenth-century Puritan settlement in Boston, Hester Prynne is condemned to wear a scarlet A upon her breast — a mark of adultery that brands her as an outcast, yet paradoxically becomes the emblem of her extraordinary resilience and defiant grace. The Scarlet Letter chronicles her tortured existence alongside her illegitimate daughter Pearl, the tormented Reverend Arthur Dimmesdale, and the cold, calculating Roger Chillingworth, weaving a tale of sin, guilt, and the crushing weight of public judgment that burns with psychological intensity from its very first page.\n\nNathaniel Hawthorne's 1850 masterpiece stands as one of the great pillars of American literature, presenting a searing indictment of moral hypocrisy and the destructive power of secrets held too long. His prose — dense with allegory, rich in symbolism, and steeped in the dark romanticism that defined his era — argues that true punishment is not what society inflicts, but what the soul inflicts upon itself. This Folio Society edition, introduced by the acclaimed novelist Russell Banks, offers a beautifully considered presentation of a novel whose questions about shame, identity, and redemption remain as urgent and unanswered today as they were over a century and a half ago.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Secondhand Stock","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49342761173211,"sku":"2026100008766-SECONDHAND","price":25.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0523\/7646\/9701\/files\/3aeaf5ec-c404-4c22-9bd2-88cae47581dd.png?v=1790048685","url":"https:\/\/bookgrocer.com\/products\/2026100008766-secondhand-the-scarlet-letter","provider":"Book Grocer","version":"1.0","type":"link"}