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EDIZIONE REVISIONATA 29/01/2020.Una donna sul
patibolo, mostrata alla popolazione di Boston, dopo il processo per
adulterio che l'ha giudicata colpevole. Hester, infatti, ha dato alla
luce una bambina, nonostante il marito sia assente dalla città da molto
tempo: per questo viene esposta al pubblico ludibrio; ma la pena più
infamante sarà portare sul petto una lettera scarlatta, la A di
"adultera", che renderà sempre evidente il suo peccato agli occhi della
chiusa comunità puritana della Boston del XVII secolo. La donna non
rivela chi è il padre della piccola, scontando da sola la sua pena e
costruendosi una dignitosa esistenza solitaria, mentre il suo amante,
uno degli uomini più rispettati della città, vive nel tormento e nella
disperazione per la sua vigliaccheria. Intanto il marito di Hester è
tornato dopo una lunga prigionia. Nemmeno a lui la donna rivela chi sia
il padre di Pearl e l'uomo assume un'altra identità con l'intenzione di
scoprirlo... Pubblicato nel 1850, La lettera scarlatta ottenne un
immediato successo per l'originalità del tema". Al centro di discussioni
e dibattiti, venne appoggiato da molti intellettuali dell'epoca e oggi è
considerato un classico della letteratura statunitense.
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After his death, his widow moved with young Nathaniel and two daughters
to live with relatives named the Mannings in Salem,[8] where they lived
for 10 years. Young Hawthorne was
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