The Scarlet Letter
Read The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne in Spanish and English, a parallel text graded reader with audio. Available in CEFR levels A2, B1, B2, and C2.
About this book
On a summer morning in Puritan Boston, a crowd gathers before the weather-stained prison, where a wild rosebush blooms at the threshold. Hester Prynne steps from the prison door of her own will, refusing the guiding hand, her infant in her arms and a scarlet letter "A" gleaming in gold thread against her gown. She is marched to the scaffold to stand in public shame. The townswomen debate her punishment. The clergy press her to name the father of her child. She will not.
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Un gran grupo de hombres con barba estaba de pie, todos juntos.
A large group of men with beards stood together.
Llevaban ropa oscura y sencilla, y sombreros grises altos con forma de torre de iglesia.
They wore dark, plain clothes and tall gray hats shaped like church steeples.
Entre ellos también había mujeres.
Women stood among them too.
Algunas mujeres llevaban capuchas, y otras no llevaban nada en la cabeza.
Some women wore hoods, and others had no head covering at all.
Todos estaban de pie delante de un edificio de madera.
They all stood in front of a wooden building.
La puerta del edificio era de roble pesado.
The building’s door was made of heavy oak.
La puerta tenía puntas de hierro.
The door had iron spikes on it.
History
- Written by Nathaniel Hawthorne in English
- Adapted by Line by Line Publishing in 2026