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 …showed first 75 words of 986 total…

…showed last 75 words of 986 total…the contemporary writers and wins my great appreciation for this book. Obviously The Scarlet Letter isn't a pleasant romance. It is a sort of symbolic, an obscure story. You will find what you mean to find in it, but there is nothing settled. In the end I only want to conclude the story in my way----There should be one day when the adultery becomes able and when sin becomes stale under the power of love.