{"product_id":"9781101109021","title":"The Scarlet Letter: (Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition)","description":"Hailed by Henry James as \"the finest piece of imaginative writing yet put forth in the country,\" Nathaniel Hawthorne's \u003cb\u003eThe Scarlet Letter\u003c\/b\u003e reaches to our nation's historical and moral roots for the material of great tragedy. Set in an early New England colony, the novel shows the terrible impact a single, passionate act has on the lives of three members of the community: the defiant Hester Prynne; the fiery, tortured Reverend Dimmesdale; and the obsessed, vengeful Chillingworth.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWith \u003cb\u003eThe Scarlet Letter\u003c\/b\u003e, Hawthorne became the first American novelist to forge from our Puritan heritage a universal classic, a masterful exploration of humanity's unending struggle with sin, guilt and pride.","brand":"Penguin Publishing Group","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47119006040304,"sku":"9781101109021","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781101109021_p0.jpg?v=1763685041","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781101109021","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}