The Scarlet Letter
Read The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne in Portuguese 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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Um grande grupo de homens com barba ficou junto.
A large group of men with beards stood together.
Eles usavam roupas escuras e simples, e chapéus cinzas altos em forma de torre de igreja.
They wore dark, plain clothes and tall gray hats shaped like church steeples.
Mulheres também estavam entre eles.
Women stood among them too.
Algumas mulheres usavam capuzes, e outras não tinham nenhuma cobertura na cabeça.
Some women wore hoods, and others had no head covering at all.
Todos ficaram em frente a um prédio de madeira.
They all stood in front of a wooden building.
A porta do prédio era feita de carvalho pesado.
The building’s door was made of heavy oak.
A porta tinha pontas de ferro nela.
The door had iron spikes on it.
History
- Written by Nathaniel Hawthorne in English
- Adapted by Line by Line Publishing in 2026