Written by Nathaniel Hawthorne in Salem and Concord, late 1840s, The Scarlet Letter was a daring and even subversive book. It was published in 1850 in Massachusetts by Ticknor, Reed, and Fields.
The story tells of the forbidden love affairs, which happens between a sensitive, religious young priest, the Reverend Arthur Dimmesdale, and the passionate, beautiful young lady, Hester Prynne. To start the story, the author doubtless startles us by his unique design. Dimmesdale stands by in silence as Hester suffers for the "sin" he helped to commit on the scaffold. …
