NMLP P-022204 · Book-club / reprint tell · minted 2026-07-04

The Scarlet Letter: A Romance

Nathaniel Hawthorne · Ticknor, Reed & Fields (Boston) · 1850

Numerous later reprints exist. A first printing must bear the 1850 Ticknor, Reed & Fields imprint and the brown blind-stamped cloth, and must LACK the added preface note that distinguishes the second printing. Treat any single textual reading cautiously, as scholars dispute its reliability as an issue point.

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New Mexico Literacy Project — Book-club / reprint tell NMLP P-022204 for "The Scarlet Letter: A Romance" by Nathaniel Hawthorne (https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/id/point/p-022204, CC BY 4.0, dataset DOI 10.5281/zenodo.21184548).