Started: 7/4/08
Finished: 7/7/08
Year: 1994 (this edition, originally published 1850)
Pages: 180
Genre: Classic
Grade: B-
Reason for reading: Booksfree.com, one of the 1001 books you must read
Blurb (from back cover) "Hester Prynne is the adulteress, forced by the Puritan community to wear a scarlet letter A on the breast of her gown. Arthur Dimmesdale, the minister and the secret father of her child, Pearl, struggles with the agony of conscience and his own weakenss. Roger Chillingworth, Hester's husband, revenges himself on Dimmesdale by calculating assaults on the frail mental state of the conscience-striken cleric. The result is an American tragedy of stark power and emotional depth that has mesmerized critics and readers for nearly a century and a half."
Opinion: Well, I'm thankful I never had to read this in school. It wasn't a bad story and like with several classics, there is an underlying message being said.
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