Hawthorne's The Scarlet Letter
Christian Guides to the Classics

Get everything you can out of your time reading the classics with the Christian Guides to the Classics Series!Leland Ryken provides a clear pathway to understanding the "Great Works" through this engaging series of short guidebooks. Beginning with "why the classics matter" and "the nature and function of literature," readers will find a helpful path to reading and analyzing influential works in the Western canon.Each book:Includes an introduction to the author and workExplains the cultural contextIncorporates published criticismDefines key literary termsContains discussion questions at the end of each unit of the textLists resources for further studyEvaluates the classic text from a Christian worldview.This guide opens up the signature book of American literature, Hawthorne’s Scarlet Letter, and unpacks its universal themes of sin, guilt, and redemption.