The Scarlett Letter

Includes an extensive section on Hawthorne's life and
works
Having been found guilty of adultery, Hester Prynne
is forced to wear an embroidered scarlet letter A as a
punishment for her sin. While her vengeful husband
embarks on a quest to discover the identity of her lover,
she is left to face the consequences of her infidelity and
find a place for herself and her illegitimate child in the
hostile environment of seventeenth-century Puritan
Boston.