The Scarlet Letter, a Romance by Nathaniel Hawthorme. First published 1850. Illustrations by Hugh Thomson . Caption reads: ' They were rough-looking desperadoes (crew from the ship from the Spanish Main)… They transgressed, without fear or scruple, the rules of behaviour that were binding on all others: smoking tobacco.. quaffing draughts of wine..'. ' (Chapter 21) . (Novel based in 17th-century Puritan Boston, Massachusetts, 1642 to 1649, it tells the story of Hester Prynne, who conceives a daughter through an affair). NH American novelist 4 1804 – 19 May 1864. HT English illusrato

The Scarlet Letter, a Romance by Nathaniel Hawthorme. First published 1850. Illustrations by Hugh Thomson . Caption reads:  ' They were rough-looking desperadoes (crew from the ship from the Spanish Main)… They transgressed, without fear or scruple, the rules of behaviour that were binding on all others: smoking tobacco.. quaffing draughts of wine..'. ' (Chapter 21) .  (Novel based  in 17th-century Puritan Boston, Massachusetts,    1642 to 1649, it tells the story of Hester Prynne, who conceives a daughter through an affair). NH American novelist  4   1804 – 19  May  1864. HT English illusrato Stock Photo
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The Scarlet Letter, a Romance by Nathaniel Hawthorme. First published 1850. Illustrations by Hugh Thomson . Caption reads: ' They were rough-looking desperadoes (crew from the ship from the Spanish Main)… They transgressed, without fear or scruple, the rules of behaviour that were binding on all others: smoking tobacco.. quaffing draughts of wine..'. ' (Chapter 21) . (Novel based in 17th-century Puritan Boston, Massachusetts, 1642 to 1649, it tells the story of Hester Prynne, who conceives a daughter through an affair). NH American novelist 4 1804 – 19 May 1864. HT English illusrator 1860 -1920.