This book special included Classics illustrated: ✓ Original & Unabridged Edition ✓ Tablet and e-reader formatted ✓ Short Biography is also included ✓ more than 20 images from the original Set in Puritan Massachusetts Bay Colony in the 1640's, Hester Prynne conceives a daughter in an adulterous relationship and is publicly punished and shamed by the townspeople. As part of Hester's punishment, she is required to wear a scarlet letter "A" on her dress at all times.The father of the child is unknown to the townspeople and Hester refuses to divulge his identity. Roger Chillingworth, the local physician, motivated by a personal vendetta vows to uncover the identity of the adulterous man.Originally published in 1850, The Scarlet Letter has been considered a masterwork literary classic today by many critics. This masterful work has inspired numerous film, television and stage adaptations.