《红字》是美国19世纪著名的浪漫主义作家霍桑的经典巨著,代表着霍桑的最高艺术成就。这部小说讲述的是清教主义时期在北美殖民地波士顿发生的一桩并不惊人的通奸案,情节十分简单。但问世以来的一百多年,一直成 “Scarlet Letter” is a classic monograph written by Hawthorne, a famous 19th-century romantic writer in the United States, representing Hawthorne’s highest artistic accomplishment. This novel is about an unbelievable adultery in Boston, a North American colony, during the Puritanism. The plot was simple. However, more than a hundred years since its publication have been completed