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The Scarlet Letter’ paints a vivid picture of the American colonial era. A novel about love, death, sex, revenge, secrecy and the battle against society's norms.An excerpt from Hawthorne's Scarlet Letter beautifully captures Hawthorne’s ability to create vivid imagery and deep symbolism.It may be true that, to a sensitive observer, there was something exquisitely painful in it. Her attire, which indeed, she had wrought for the occasion in prison, and had modelled much after her own fancy seemed to express the attitude of her spirit, the desperate recklessness of her mood, by its wild and picturesque peculiarity. But the point which drew all eyes… was that SCARLET LETTER The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne “The Scarlet Letter”, is set in the Puritan society of 17th century Boston. Hester Prynne, finds herself alone in a new world, her husband is lost at sea during his journey from England. She gives birth to a daughter, Pearl. Accused of adultery, she is imprisoned and marked with the scarlet letter ‘A’ for adultery, she now carries the burden of her sins and the secret of her lover’s identity.” Historical American Romance This historical fiction by American author Nathaniel Hawthorne, published in 1850 covers the subjects of Adultery, Revenge, the Psychological Married women, Clergy. Love Triangles (Interpersonal relations), Illegitimate children, Women immigrants, Puritans and Boston.