Escott, John.
The Scarlet letter / Nathaniel Hawthorne ; retold by John Escott ; illustrated by Thomas Sperling. - Simplified edition. - 88 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm. - Oxford bookworms library. Classics. Stage 4. . - Oxford bookworms library. Stage 4. Classics. .
"First published in Oxford Bookworms in 2002" --Back of title page.
"Scarlet is the colour of sin, and the letter 'A' stands for 'adultery'. In the 1600s, in Boston, Massachusetts, love was allowed only between a husband and wife. A child born outside marriage was a child of sin. Hester Prynne must wear the scarlet letter on her dress for the rest of her life. How can she ever escape from this public shame? What will happen to her child, growing up in the shadow of the scarlet letter? The future holds no joy for Hester Prynne. And what will happen to her sinful lover -- the father of her child?"--Back cover.
9780194791830
High interest-low vocabulary books.
Readers (Adult)
Readers for new literates.
Puritans--Massachusetts--Fiction.
Women--Massachusetts--Fiction.
Adultery--Fiction.
Triangles (Interpersonal relations)--Fiction.
Illegitimate children--Fiction.
Women immigrants--Fiction.
Married women--Fiction.
Revenge--Fiction.
Clergy--Fiction.
Boston (Mass.)--History--Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775--Fiction.
428.6 JOH
The Scarlet letter / Nathaniel Hawthorne ; retold by John Escott ; illustrated by Thomas Sperling. - Simplified edition. - 88 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm. - Oxford bookworms library. Classics. Stage 4. . - Oxford bookworms library. Stage 4. Classics. .
"First published in Oxford Bookworms in 2002" --Back of title page.
"Scarlet is the colour of sin, and the letter 'A' stands for 'adultery'. In the 1600s, in Boston, Massachusetts, love was allowed only between a husband and wife. A child born outside marriage was a child of sin. Hester Prynne must wear the scarlet letter on her dress for the rest of her life. How can she ever escape from this public shame? What will happen to her child, growing up in the shadow of the scarlet letter? The future holds no joy for Hester Prynne. And what will happen to her sinful lover -- the father of her child?"--Back cover.
9780194791830
High interest-low vocabulary books.
Readers (Adult)
Readers for new literates.
Puritans--Massachusetts--Fiction.
Women--Massachusetts--Fiction.
Adultery--Fiction.
Triangles (Interpersonal relations)--Fiction.
Illegitimate children--Fiction.
Women immigrants--Fiction.
Married women--Fiction.
Revenge--Fiction.
Clergy--Fiction.
Boston (Mass.)--History--Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775--Fiction.
428.6 JOH