A Utah county attorney says he will not pursue criminal charges against this polygamous family made famous by a reality TV show. A federal judge is set to decide whether to allow a lawsuit to move forward that challenges the constitutionality of Utah's bigamy law. (AP Photo/TLC, Bryant Livingston, File)
For other uses, see Scarlet Letter (disambiguation). The Scarlet Letter: A Romance is an 1850 work of fiction in a historical setting, written by American author Nathaniel Hawthorne. The book is considered to be his masterwork.
'The Scarlet Ibis' is a short story published in 1960 by James Hurst. The story first appeared in The Atlantic Monthly, and in the years since it has become a staple in high school literature anthologies. If you like the story and want to read more by the same author, you may be out of luck. 'The Scarlet Ibis' was Hurst's one-hit wonder.