This book is a world bestseller. It not only touches on the subtle nuances of the feelings of a degraded woman punished for adultery, but also depicts the spectrum of relationships between members of the Puritan community at a time when "witch trials" were intensifying. Sin and redemption, honor and dishonor, the cleansing power of love and the destructive power of hatred create a fascinating story, first translated into Ukrainian.
According to the British newspaper "The Guardian" the novel ranks 16th in the list of "100 best"
The novel was directed by Roland Joffe in 1995. It is a psychological novel about the role of public opinion in human life. There is a special authorial way of conveying real history. - on behalf of the author himself - everything is as it really happened: a man, working at customs, found a stack of papers with a story about a woman who was sentenced to wear a charlatan letter "A" on her chest for adultery.
coincidences and symbols.
The work is written in rich language and re gives the typical features of Romanticism.
The author enriched the novel with legends and historical episodes of New England.
N. Hawthorne's novel "Charlatan's Letter" is a real gift for aesthetes and connoisseurs of literature.
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