Beyond 'The Scarlet Letter': 10 books on female sexuality written by women

10 books written by women that examine female sexuality.

The Scarlet Letter, written in 1850, by American author Nathaniel Hawthorne is one of those books that I have mixed feelings about.

On the one hand, it was progressive for its time. Hester Prynne, a young woman who lives in the 17th century Puritan colony in Boston, is vilified for the sin of adultery by her community when she gives birth to a female baby through an affair. The book redefines notions of sin and morality by questioning the line between the two.