\'Nathaniel Hawthorne\'s astounding book is full of intense symbolism and as haunting as anything by Edgar Allan Poe\' - The Guardian \' The Scarlet Letter is a tragic love story, but it\'s also a story about resistance and transformation.
The love story. along with a scathing depiction of patriarchs in the opening chapter.
I hadn\'t noticed that the word "patriarchy" runs through the novel ...
When I reread The Scarlet Letter I discovered a far more radical book. \'Nathaniel Hawthorne\'s astounding book is full of intense symbolism and as haunting as anything by Edgar Allan Poe\' - The Guardian \' The Scarlet Letter is a tragic love story, but it\'s also a story about resistance and transformation