The Scarlet Letter
/ðə ˌskɑːlət ˈletə(r)/
/ðə ˌskɑːrlət ˈletər/
- a novel (1850) by the US writer Nathaniel Hawthorne. The story is about Puritans in 17th-century New England. Hester Prynne is found guilty of adultery (= having sex with a person who is not her husband) and is made to wear a scarlet (= red) letter A on her dress. There have been three film versions, including one in 1995 with Demi Moore as Hester.
《红字：美国作家纳撒尼尔·霍桑（Nathaniel Hawthorne）的小说（1850）。这个故事是关于17世纪新英格兰的清教徒。Hester Prynne被判犯有通奸罪，并被要求在她的衣服上穿红字字母A。电影已经发行了三部，其中一部是在1995年由黛咪摩尔（Demi Moore）饰演海丝特（Hester）。