The Scarlet Letter

This semester we were assigned to read a historical fiction book of our choice, after much deliberation I chose The Scarlet Letter. At first I was apprehensive at the quality of this novel and in my opinion I was right. However this book review is not a matter of opinion. Its purpose is to tell a little about the story in order to let the readers form their own opinion.
It all starts in Boston when Hester Prynne, a beautiful young woman was accused of adultery. For punishment she was forced to wear a scarlet letter "A" on her bosom for the rest of her life. After that she and her chil…