The birthmark

  From the last onwards = Recently /lately I have started to read English books. There is one which caught my attention "The birthmark" by the American writer Nathaniel Hawthorne. This writer loved the stories of suspense = thrillers. He used to listen to them since when he was a child.  He was born in Salem (Massachusetts) and one of his ancestrors was a judge at the Salem witch trials. He was very interested in their way of life and their strict religion, but he was almost ashamed of what they had done during the trials.
  Well, this book is about a beautiful woman with a birthmark on her face resembling a little hand, but her husband thinks that it should be taken away...
  It's sad but interesting and teaches us a great lesson. I recommend it to anybody everybody.