17/03/2021
171 years ago at this very same date, Hester Prynne's character was made known to the world. Nathaniel Hawthorne's novel The Scarlet Letter was published and up to this day is considered as one of the greatest masterpieces of American Letter reflecting social, moral and psychological repression.
A copy of the book is available at the Silvercrest Learning Resource Center.
Likewise, here is a link to read free full-text of the novel.
Link: https://www.gutenberg.org/files/25344/25344-h/25344-h.htm
Link:
https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/the-scarlet-letter-is-published
Nathaniel Hawthorne’s story of adultery and betrayal in colonial America, The Scarlet Letter, is published. Hawthorne was born in Salem, Massachusetts, in 1804.