Hester Prynne is a beautiful young woman.
But she stands strong in the face of public scorn, even when she is forced to wear the sign of her shame sewn onto her clothes: the Scarlet Letter \'A\' for \'Adulteress\'.
Everyone knows that her little daughter, Pearl, is the product of an illicit affair but no one knows the identity of Pearl\'s father.
Hester Prynne is a beautiful young woman