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by Nathaniel Hawthorne, Brian Harding, Cindy Weinstein
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Books In My Heart
Books In My Heart rated it 7 years ago
This book was amazing! I never even saw the ending happening. I mean for the man who was prosecuting the mother for having a "bastard child" was her father??? It was crazy! I suppose it was wriiten so long ago that I didn't see it coming.
Fangirl Moments and My Two Cents
Fangirl Moments and My Two Cents rated it 8 years ago
I read this book in school. I wasn't crazy about it then, but it was a little better the second time. I honestly don't remember much about when I read it in school or the discussions about meanings that we probably had. I still got bored some, but Pearl kept me more interested this time. I like the ...
It's a Books World
It's a Books World rated it 9 years ago
Goodreads summary: In seventeenth-century Boston, Hester Prynne shoulders the scorn of her fellow Puritan townsfolk for bearing a child out of wedlock. For her refusal to name the father of her daughter Pearl, Hester is made to wear a scarlet "A" stitched conspicuously upon her dress. But though she...
Abandoned by user
Abandoned by user rated it 9 years ago
Plot summary (as if you don't already know) Set in the harsh Puritan community of seventeenth-century Boston, this tale of an adulterous entanglement that results in an illegitimate birth reveals Nathaniel Hawthorne's concerns with the tension between the public and the private selves. Publicly di...
Niwue's Reads
Niwue's Reads rated it 10 years ago
Set in the harsh Puritan community of seventeenth-century Boston, this tale of an adulterous entanglement that results in an illegitimate birth reveals Nathaniel Hawthorne's concerns with the tension between the public and the private selves. Publicly disgraced and ostracized, Hester Prynne draws on...
In Love of Books and Friendship
In Love of Books and Friendship rated it 10 years ago
This book marks the 8th book read on my Classic's List for the Classic's Reading Challenge. Reading this book for the first time I can honestly attest this popular classic completely lives up to its reputation. An outstanding example of classic literature possessing both lasting value and timeles...
A Sea of Stars
A Sea of Stars rated it 10 years ago
Gah. Quite simply, while this was an semi-appreciable look at the sin and guilt of the characters, it was stunningly dull and I would never voluntarily pick it up again. I did not care a bit about anyone or anything, was minorly concerned by how a lot of things were worded concerning the affair of H...
CarlAlves
CarlAlves rated it 11 years ago
The Scarlett Letter is a classic story set in Puritan New England. Hester Prynne, who bore a child out of wedlock while married to a man she thought was dead, has been ostracized by the community in which she lives. Horrified by this unbelievably unconscionable act (sarcasm intended), Hester is forc...
Book Ramblings
Book Ramblings rated it 11 years ago
“The scarlet letter was her passport into regions where other women dared not tread. Shame, Despair, Solitude! These had been her teachers,—stern and wild ones,—and they had made her strong, but taught her much amiss.”“But . . . the scarlet letter ceased to be a stigma which attracted the world’s sc...
Stories2358
Stories2358 rated it 11 years ago
Blog Stories Review: http://storiesbooksandmovies.blogspot.it/2014/03/la-lettera-scarlatta-nathaniel-hawthorne.htmlSnellire la mensola dei libri da leggere già presenti in casa è uno dei miei buoni propositi per l'anno corrente. Un piano interessante quanto ambizioso, nel mio caso! Ecco, dunque, Fed...
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