The Scarlet Letter
novel by Nathaniel Hawthorne
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Summary
The Scarlet Letter is a literary work[1]. It ranks in the top 0.79% of literary work entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (13,689 views/month, #226 of 28,446).[2]
Key Facts
- Author: Nathaniel Hawthorne[3]
- Movement: Romanticism[4]
- Genre: romantic fiction[5], historical fiction[6]
- Followed by: Angel and Apostle[7]
- Commons category: The Scarlet Letter[8]
- Language of work or name: English[9]
- Country of origin: United States[10]
- Publication date: 1850[11]
- Characters: Hester Prynne[12], Roger Chillingworth[13], Arthur Dimmesdale[14]
- Has edition or translation: The Scarlet Letter[15], La letra escarlata[16], Den eldröda bokstaven[17]
- Narrative location: Boston[18]
- Topic's main category: Category:The Scarlet Letter[19]
- Described by source: The Encyclopedia Americana[20]
- Title: The Scarlet Letter[21]
- Subtitle: A Romance[22]
- Different from: Scarlet Letter[23]
- First line: It is a little remarkable, that—though disinclined to talk overmuch of myself and my affairs at the fireside, and to my personal friends—an autobiographical impulse should twice in my life have taken possession of me, in addressing the public.[24]
- Last line: It bore a device, a herald’s wording of which might serve for a motto and brief description of our now concluded legend; so sombre is it, and relieved only by one ever‐glowing point of light gloomier than the shadow:—“On a field, sable, the letter A, gules.”[25]
- Derivative work: The Scarlet Letter[26]
- Copyright status: public domain[27]
- Form of creative work: novel[28]
- Dewey Decimal Classification (works and editions): 813.3[29]
Why It Matters
The Scarlet Letter has Wikipedia articles in 23 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[30] It is known by 41 alternative names across languages and contexts.[31]