Nathaniel Hawthorne
Hester is forced to wear a scarlet A. This topic is part of Authors within Arts & Culture. This page currently draws on 4 supporting questions, with answers and bonus facts available below.
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Nathaniel Hawthorne wrote which novel about Hester Prynne?
Answer: The Scarlet Letter
Bonus fact: Hester is forced to wear a scarlet A.
What historical setting shapes much of The Scarlet Letter?
Answer: Puritan New England
Bonus fact: The story is set in 17th-century Massachusetts.
Hawthorne added a 'w' to his family name partly to distance himself from which ancestor?
Answer: John Hathorne, a Salem witch-trial judge
Bonus fact: John Hathorne never publicly repented for his role in the trials.
Which family is at the center of Nathaniel Hawthorne's The House of the Seven Gables?
Answer: Pyncheon family
Bonus fact: The novel was published in April 1851.