About the Book: The Originals: The Scarlet Letter
Nathaniel Hawthornes masterpiece, The Scarlet Letter, set in 17th-century
Puritan Massachusetts Bay Colony, is the tale of Hester Prynnes 'shame following
the birth of a child whose father remains unidentified for the larger part of
the narrative. Hesters defiance in the face of expulsion and repudiation makes
her a heroine ahead of her time. Pearl, the illegitimate daughter, Arthur
Dimmesdale, the 'cheating Minister of Church, Reverend John Wilson, and the
malicious Roger Chillingworth are Hawthornes characters whose lives, premised on
guilt and pride, take a tumultuous turn as the cataclysmic outcome of an act of
passion. The embroidered scarlet