Nathaniel Hawthorne's most famous novel and his magnum opus. This is a story of forbidden love, revealing the mores and way of life of the Puritan society, the inhabitants of New England in the middle of the 17th century. The plot of The Scarlet Letter is rightfully considered one of the most dramatic and intense in literature. Esther, a young Englishwoman, married an elderly doctor, with whom she moved to Boston. Soon her husband went on a trip and did not give any news about himself for many years. Left alone, Esther could not resist the feelings she had for the young priest... and gave birth to his child. For her love, she became an outcast who would have to wear the scarlet letter "A" on her dress for the rest of her life — adulteress — adulteress. The story is about a woman who carries her "shame" with her head held high, about her infinite strength of spirit.