The Scarlett Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne

One of my history assignments a while ago was to read The Scarlett Letter.  This story is definitely a highly referenced story, and I think everyone's heard at least a little about it, but I didn't read it until it came up for history.  The story was good, although some of the older books are hard to read because of the complete difference in vocabulary and writing style.  Overall, I liked this book and would recommend it for a read if you haven't already, but it probably won't be one that I'll be re-reading anytime soon.

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