Dense coffee bilingual classic 05 - Red letter (missing disc)

Author: Nathaniel Hawthorne (USA), translated by Yu Shihua
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Publish Date: 2005-01-01
Features: Nathaniel Hawthorne, born in 1804 and died in 1864, was a renowned American writer and a pioneer of romantic novels and psychological fiction in American literary history. The Scarlet Letter is his masterpiece. The Scarlet Letter tells a love tragedy that takes place during the colonial period in North America. The heroine, Hester Prynne, marries the physician Arthur Dimmesdale. Hester is publicly punished and forced to wear a red letter "A" as a mark of adultery. However, Hester remains steadfast and refuses to reveal the father of her child. Hester's husband arrives in North America from England, witnesses the punishment of Hester, and decides to find the father of her child to seek revenge. At that time, Dimmesdale is deeply beloved by the local residents for his outstanding work, but he gradually declines physically under the heavy burden of his conscience. The people arrange for Chillingworth to live with the minister to treat his illness. Hester, feeling guilty toward her husband, agrees to Chillingworth's request not to reveal their legal marital relationship. Thus, a cruel act of revenge begins. In the end, Dimmesdale cannot bear the condemnation of his conscience and publicly admits his guilt, dying in Hester's arms. Chillingworth, however, becomes a slave to the devil and becomes a true sinner.