Why do you think Hawthorne wrote The Scarlet Letter?

A classic is any work of art or literature that people have enjoyed over the years. "The Scarlet Letter" fits the definition. Many books were published during those years. Very few exist today. Most of them that exist are in the basement of some university library where some scholar will look at them once every several years. On the other hand, many people will read, "The Scarlet Letter," this year. That makes it a classic. Hawthorne wrote many other works. At one time a number of people thought "The House of the Seven Gables," would become a classic. Interest has dropped and that does not seem to be the case. Instead, the classic is about the woman rejected by her husband and society, who can't get a divorce, and who can not live with her lover.