The Scarlet Letter

The Scarlet Letter is a novel by Nathaniel Hawthorne. It was published on March 16, 1850 by Ticknor, Reed, and Fields of Boston, Massachusetts. It is set in Puritan Boston, Massachusetts in the 1640s. It is about adultery, its punishment, and aftermath. It has been adapted to movies.

Category:1640s
Category:1850
Category:1850s books
Category:19th-century American novels
Category:Adultery in fiction
Category:Boston in fiction
Category:Fiction set in the past
Category:Works by Nathaniel Hawthorne