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The Scarlet Letter

De: Nathaniel Hawthorne
Narrado por: Shelly Frasier
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It is 1642 in the Puritan town of Boston. Hester Prynne has been found guilty of adultery and has born an illegitimate child. In lieu of being put to death, she is condemned to wear the scarlet letter "A" on her dress as a reminder of her shameful act.

Hester's husband had been lost at sea years earlier and was presumed dead, but now reappears in time to witness Hester's humiliation on the town scaffold. He becomes obsessed with finding the identity of the man who dishonored his wife. To do so, he assumes a false name, pretends to be a physician and forces Hester to keep his new identity secret. Meanwhile, Hester's lover, the beloved Reverend Dimmesdale, publicly pressures her to name the child's father, while secretly praying that she will not. Hester defiantly protects his identity and reputation, even when faced with losing Pearl, her daughter.

Hailed by Henry James as, "the finest piece of imaginative writing yet put forth in the country", Hawthorne's The Scarlet Letter is a masterful portrayal of humanity's continuing struggle with sin, guilt, and pride.

Studying Hawthorne? Don't miss the SparkNotes Guide for The Scarlet Letter.Public Domain (P)2002 Tantor Media, Inc. Originally published 1850.
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A fine reading

Shelly Frasier does fine: clear diction and slow pace, which are appropriate for more challenging prose. But why so many complaints about Hawthorne's language? "Thees and thous"? He was writing in the 1840s, not the 1600s (the era of the fiction, which he emulates in his characters' speech), so it's not that far from our own era. Or is this nation now only capable of reading TV GUIDE listings for the next JERSEY SHORE?

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Would read again

The narrator talked very slowly so I had to speed it up, the story was great. Although very little actually happened.

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Hasts and Thous

An amazing early American novel. I have never read before. I actually can't wait to read again. Stongly recommend. It was so good that I wanted to know someone who had just read it so we could talk about it! The reader was very good. Her voice was VERY versatile. The only drawback is with all "hasts and thous" you REALLY have to pay attention to every word...not a good "drivng" book.

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Not bad...

Which character – as performed by Shelly Frasier – was your favorite?

Tie. Reverand Dimmesdal and Pearl were my favorites.

If you could rename The Scarlet Letter, what would you call it?

"Nathaniel Hawthorne uses the word 'tremulous' about 800 times."

Any additional comments?

Good reading of a classic. Unfortunately, since Hawthorne's prose wanders like a caffeine addled child, it can be hard to track what's going on at certain points in the narration.

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Deservedly a classic

This is the classic text of scapegoating and what we would now refer to as relational aggression among the Puritans. A powerful novel. The narrator was good, although I disagreed with a few of her pronunciations.

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Did anyone edit this narration?

The narrator has a very good voice but she mispronounced at least four words, which was surprising and distracting.

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doesn't hold up to other period classics

This was my first reading of Scarlet Letter. Canadians aren't as exposed to it in high school/college as Americans. I can see that it endures for its landmark importance in American literature, but I would not have enjoyed the novel for itself had I not just finished Susan Cheever's American Bloomsbury, with its biographical details of Hawthorne's life, especially his relationship with Margaret Fuller whom she postulates as at least partial inspiration for Hester's courage, strength and philosophy.

With Hawthorne's background in mind and several audiobooks on 19th centruy American history recently "read," I enjoyed the lengthy "customs house" sketch/intro more than the rest of the novel.

Eliot and Hardy wrote later in the century than Hawthorne, but not that much later, and they were so much more adept at re-creating earlier periods in their nation's history and mentality. I can't help but wonder if Elizabeth Gaskill read Scarlett Letter before she wrote Ruth, supposedly the first Engish lit novel to tackle the subject of "fallen woman" sympathetically - there seems to be more than one similar character.

Scarlett Letter (not Ruth!) is still worth reading (or re-reading as an adult). This edition was well priced, with acceptable narration for the price- Hawthorne's sentences must be hard work for any narrator.

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OK

I had a hard time staying focused on the story. Narrator did not hold my attention, made it a struggle.

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It was great symbolism

It was interesting to see how all are imperfect and we all fall short of God’s perfect standard that’s why we all need Jesus

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The Scarlet Letter

I read the unabridged version of Hawthorn's book and I believe that had I read the abridged version my rating would have been much higher.

The first 1/4 of the book was very boring and not even related to the story to be told, or perhaps I missed the point.

I knew the book would be a tragedy and it met my expectations.

I am not certain but I think I just spelled the author's name incorrectly. I apologize if I did.

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