Designed to appeal to the book lover, the Macmillan Collector's Library
is a series of beautifully bound pocket-sized gift editions of much
loved classic titles. Bound in real cloth, printed on high quality
paper, and featuring ribbon markers and gilt edges, Macmillan
Collector's Library are books to love and treasure.
The Scarlet Letter is the story of three New England settlers at odds
with the Puritan society in which they live. Roger Chillingworth, an
ageing scholar, arrives in New England after two years' separation from
his wife Hester to find her on trial for adultery. She refuses to reveal
her lover's identity and is condemned to wear a scarlet letter 'A' sewn
on to her clothes. Roger resolves to discover the man's identity, and
over the next seven years the participants in the love triangle suffer
the consequences of betrayal, cowardice and humiliation, before moving
towards redemption at the novel's climax.
With an afterword by Jonty Claypole.