The scarlet letter
- Auteur : Nathaniel Hawthorne
- Editeur : Oxford University Press Collection : Bookworms. Classics. Stage 4 2002 88 p.
Scarlet is the colour of sin, and the letter "A" stands for "Adultery". In the 1600's, in Boston, Massachusetts, love was allowed only between a husband and a wife. A child born outside marriage was a child of sin. Hester Trynne must wear the sc[...]