"The Scarlet Letter " is the most famous of Nathaniel Hawthorne's novels. This novel was discussed in drawing rooms throughout Europe, and in Russia, soon after its release, it was banned by censorship on the personal orders of Nicholas I.
The beautiful Hester Prynne, married to a strict Puritan scientist much older than she is, could not rid herself of her feelings for the young pastor and betrayed her husband with him. Now she carries the fruit of this sin in her heart, and her entire future fate depends on whether her legal husband agrees to recognize the child as his own....