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A review by jgn
The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne Study Guide by Nathaniel Hawthorne
5.0
I first read the Scarlet Letter perhaps 40 years ago, then again in grad school. It's been a long time. I read it because it was assigned to my daughter who's 14.
For a 14-year-old . . . I'm kind of amazed that she stuck with it. In true 19th-century style, Hawthorne agonizes over everything. For me . . . well: I am not sure I could have possibly grasped the severe probing of hypocrisy enacted in this book.
"Persons who speculate the most boldly often conform with the most perfect quietude to the external regulations of society."
For a 14-year-old . . . I'm kind of amazed that she stuck with it. In true 19th-century style, Hawthorne agonizes over everything. For me . . . well: I am not sure I could have possibly grasped the severe probing of hypocrisy enacted in this book.
"Persons who speculate the most boldly often conform with the most perfect quietude to the external regulations of society."