The Scarlet Letter

The most famous novel by Nathaniel Hawthorne and his magnum opus. It is a story of forbidden love that reveals the morals and way of life of the Puritan society, the inhabitants of New England in the mid-17th century. The... plot of "The Scarlet Letter" is rightly considered one of the most dramatic and intense in literature. Young Englishwoman Hester marries an older doctor, with whom she relocates to Boston. Soon her husband goes on a journey and does not send any news for many years. Left alone, Hester cannot resist her feelings for a young clergyman... and gives birth to his child. For her love, she becomes an outcast, who will be forced to wear the scarlet letter "A" on her dress for the rest of her life – adulteress. A narrative about a woman bearing her "shame" with her head held high, about her endless strength of spirit.