The Scarlet Letter
byNathaniel Hawthorne
CompletedHistorical,DramaPublic domain
Public-domain text, with thanks to Standard Ebooks and other free-text projects.
The Scarlet Letter was published in 1850; it was one of the first books to be mass-produced in America, which helped ensure its immediate popularity and ubiquitous presence on contemporary shelves. Its first printing of 2,500 books sold out in ten days. The novel is set in the Puritan Massachusetts Bay Colony between the years 1642 and 1649.
