Brian Harding

'Thou and thine, Hester Prynne, belong to me.'
With these chilling words a husband claims his wife after a two-year absence. But the child she clutches is not his, and Hester must wear a scarlet 'A' upon her breast, the sin of adultery visible to all. Meer

First published between 1982 and 1983, this series examines the peculiarly American cultural context out of which the nation’s literature has developed. Meer