It takes place in the 17 th century, when the Puritan law was prevalent and going strong, and adultery was equated with a criminal offense. Helping the needy people of the society that once shunned her, her image is somewhat restored in society later on, although it may have been too late for that. Written way ahead of its time and set in Puritan era Boston, this is a story about a woman, Hester Prynne, who lives her life like a criminal, yet never ceases to do as much good as she can. The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne is a story about love and guilt. The author’s wife Sophia made a statement saying, “ has made the absurd boast that he was the sole cause of the Scarlet Letter being published!” However, those claims have now been proven false. Some say he was to write it as a short story, but his agent James Fields convinced him to turn it into a novel.
There is still some doubt surrounding how Hawthorne had decided to write The Scarlet Letter.
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