<p> There was a fire in her and throughout her. </p> <p> Hester Prynne?s husband had been abroad for years, maybe lost at sea. Many men used the opportunity to try to charm her. . . . There was only one Hester couldn?t resist. </p> <p> When Hester?s sin is discovered, the townspeople of Boston force her to wear the scarlet letter as a stamp of shame. But Hester refuses to give up the name of the man she loves. She?ll protect him and their forbidden love?to the very end. </p> <p> Nathaniel Hawthorne?s masterpiece of dark romanticism is one of the most enduring stories about the price of unchecked passion. Beautifully presented for a modern teen audience, this is the must-have edition of a timeless classic. </p>