Just shy of 175 years ago, Hester Prynne secured a primo spot in literary history. Arguably, thanks to school curricula and ...

New England, the latter half of the 17th century: Hester Prynne is yet again set in the pillory and told she must reveal the name of her daughter’s father. Until she does, she must wear the letter “A” ...

These days, we tend to think about The Scarlet Letter in relation to high ... of the first to feature a strong female ...

For this, at least for the moment, he has been shunned as surely as Hester Prynne was ... so she wears the scarlet letter alone (just as Schlossberg is punished not just for his sin but for ...