The Scarlet Letter

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Versions of
The Scarlet Letter (1850)
by Nathaniel Hawthorne

The Scarlet Letter is a romance novel published in 1850 by Nathaniel Hawthorne, and it is generally considered to be Hawthorne's masterpiece. Themes of grace, legalism, and guilt are explored throughout the book.

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Versions of The Scarlet Letter include:
  • The Scarlet Letter (1850), 1st edition, Boston: Ticknor, Reed, and Fields. IA
  • The Scarlet Letter (1850), 2nd edition, Boston: Ticknor, Reed, and Fields. With added Preface
    • republished 1864, Boston: Ticknor and Fields IA
    • republished 1866, Boston: Ticknor and Fields IA
    • republished 1866, London: Bell & Daldy IA
    • republished 1871, Boston: James R. Osgood and Company IA
    • Illustrated (1877) IA
      • republished 1878 IA
    • Bundled with The Blithedale Romance (1879), Boston: Houghton, Osgood and Company IA

Stage adaptations

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  • The Scarlet Letter: A Dramatic Composition (George Parsons Lathrop, 1897) IA
  • The Scarlet Stigma: A Drama in Four Acts (James Edgar Smith, 1899) IA

Film adaptations

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