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The Scarlet Letter
The Scarlet Letter
In 17th-century Puritan Boston Hester Prynne gives birth after committing adultery and struggles to create a new life of repentance and dignity.
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Manse. And now--because, beyond my deserts, I was happy enough
to find a listener or two on the former occasion--I again seize
the public by the button, and talk of my three years' experience
in a Custom-House. The example of the famous "P. P. , Clerk of
this Parish," was never more faithfully followed. The truth
seems to be, however, that when he casts his leaves forth upon
the wind, the author addresses, not the many who will fling aside
his volume, or never take it up, but the few who will understand
him better than most of his schoolmates or lifemates. Some
authors, indeed, do far more than this, and indulge themselves in
such confidential depths of revelation as could fittingly be
addressed only and exclusively to the one heart and
mind of perfect sympathy; as if the printed book, thrown at large
on the wide world, were certain to find out the divided segment
of the writer's own nature, and complete his circle of existence
by bringing him into communion with it. It is scarcely decorous,
however,
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A worth read book.I liked it.
This is a book which would clearly strike at your conscience. It is a book for those people who want to think about society, its rituals, human emotions, and conscience.
The language is so beautiful, and story is also up to the mark.
It is similar to "Crime and Punishment" in its conclusions, but in my view it is even better.
If you don't mind to stress your mind a little bit to think, then it is a standard recommendation.
This is a book which would clearly strike at your conscience. It is a book for those people who want to think about society, its rituals, human emotions, and conscience.
The language is so beautiful, and story is also up to the mark.
It is similar to "Crime and Punishment" in its conclusions, but in my view it is even better.
If you don't mind to stress your mind a little bit to think, then it is a standard recommendation.
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This must read needs no introduction. Only through reading, the fantastically rich prose and descriptive power of Hawthorne would emerge in the imagery of the readers. Unlike some movie versions, there is neither eroticism nor naïve criticism of traditional values. The pace of this almost two century old narrative is swift—grabbing.
The source of this Ebook (thanks Manybooks!) is from the Project Gutenberg. As such, the iSilo version has a lengthy copyright disclaimer at the beginning. I would suggest to read the main story first and only then the Preamble.
The source of this Ebook (thanks Manybooks!) is from the Project Gutenberg. As such, the iSilo version has a lengthy copyright disclaimer at the beginning. I would suggest to read the main story first and only then the Preamble.
12/15/2007
The first time I saw or heard of this book was on a movie I had watched.
Fascinating read never the less..
Only if you read it with an open mind will you pick up what's intended for the reader.
Fascinating read never the less..
Only if you read it with an open mind will you pick up what's intended for the reader.
06/02/2007