Fables and Gables; Tracing Hawthorne's `Scarlet Letter' and Other Sites

The Washington Post;  September 17, 1995 ;     700+ words ......unfinished copy of "The Scarlet Letter" in a cold stairway...the setting of "The Scarlet Letter," Hawthorne wrote the...Hawthorne odyssey, but the Custom House on Derby Street, constructed...choice. Readers of "The Scarlet Letter" will recognize this...his return. In ...

Works of Nathaniel Hawthorne: The Custom House

Monarch Notes;      700+ words ......average chapter in The Scarlet Letter) may be subdivided...description of the Salem Custom House; (2) a discussion...serves in the Salem Custom House; (4) Surveyor Pue...position in the Salem Custom House. Hawthorne begins...life" in the Salem Custom House ...

"Filial duty": reading the patriarchal body in 'The Custom House.'

Studies in the Novel;  December 22, 1993 ;     700+ words ......throughout The Custom House ; it informs scene...of writing The Scarlet Letter is attended by...Since, in The Custom House, the dead fathers...politics in The Scarlet Letter have argued the...agrees that The Scarlet Letter continually reenacts...writing in ...

scarlet letter

Webster's NewWorld Dictionary;      27 words ...Webster's NewWorld Dictionary 01-01-1988 scarlet letter a scarlet letter A formerly worn by a person convicted of adultery Copyright 1994, 1991, 1988 Simon & Schuster, Inc.

Scholar finds secret influence on 'The Scarlet Letter'

AP Worldstream;  February 6, 2004 ;     700+ words ......Pennsylvania Nathaniel Hawthorne's "The Scarlet Letter" was the furthest thing from Richard...stories from the period, in creating "The Scarlet Letter." What's more, Kopley also thinks he...in "Brittany" and passages in "The Scarlet Letter." At the end of "Brittany," Kopley...

Great Family Reads: Get The Scarlet Letter - for just pounds 3!(Features)

Birmingham Evening Mail (England);  February 15, 2005 ;     183 words ......miss your chance to own a copy of The Scarlet Letter - for just pounds 3. Nathaniel Hawthorne...when you buy the Evening Mail. The Scarlet Letter is set in the 17th century and concerns...publicly vilified and forced to wear the scarlet letter 'A' on her clothing to identify her...

Hawthorne's dating problem in The Scarlet Letter. (Essays).(Nathaniel...

ANQ;  June 22, 2003 ;     700+ words ......Another error appears in The Scarlet Letter. In The Custom House, Hawthorne relates how he discovers...documents place the events in The Scarlet Letter as starting in 1642 and ending...finding the foolscap sheets at the Custom House, Pue's place of work, not ...

Works of Nathaniel Hawthorne: The Scarlet Letter: Chapters 15 - 20

Monarch Notes;      700+ words ......Nathaniel Monarch Notes 01-01-1963 The Scarlet Letter: Chapters 15 - 20 Chapter XV: "Hester...letter "A" very much like her mother's scarlet letter. For the rest of the day and part of...Pearl concerning the meaning of the scarlet letter. The child also asks why the minister...

'Scarlet Letter' Sets Auction Record

AP Online;  December 17, 2004 ;     400 words ......copy of Nathaniel Hawthorne's "The Scarlet Letter" was auctioned Thursday for $545,100...as the oldest existing copy of "The Scarlet Letter." The rare manuscript and the handwritten...directs the society's museum. "The Scarlet Letter" tells the tale of Hester Prynne, who...

Oldest 'Scarlet Letter' brings record price

Deseret News (Salt Lake City);  December 26, 2004 ;     382 words ......copy of Nathaniel Hawthorne's "The Scarlet Letter" was auctioned for $545,100, a record...as the oldest existing copy of "The Scarlet Letter." The rare manuscript and the handwritten...directs the society's museum. "The Scarlet Letter" tells the tale of Hester Prynne, who...

`Scarlet Letter' manuscript brings record price of $545,100 at auction

AP Worldstream;  December 17, 2004 ;     409 words ......copy of Nathaniel Hawthorne's "The Scarlet Letter" was auctioned Thursday for $545,100...as the oldest existing copy of "The Scarlet Letter." The rare manuscript and the handwritten...directs the society's museum. "The Scarlet Letter" tells the tale of Hester Prynne, who...

Works of Nathaniel Hawthorne: The Scarlet Letter: Chapters 5 - 9

Monarch Notes;      700+ words ......Nathaniel Monarch Notes 01-01-1963 The Scarlet Letter: Chapters 5 - 9 Chapter V: "Hester...path from town. Catching sight of the scarlet letter, they fearfully run away. Meanwhile...coarse material, which causes the scarlet letter to blaze out at the world in contrast...

Florida's hated Scarlet Letter Law in the dock as women protest

Scotland on Sunday;  March 2, 2003 ;     556 words ......been shocked by Florida's so- called 'Scarlet Letter Law'. Slipped through the state senate...from the Nathaniel Hawthorne novel The Scarlet Letter. Set in the 1660s, it tells of a married...provision is a 21st-century sequel to The Scarlet Letter," says Mariann Meier Wang, a ...

DOVE AUDIO ANNOUNCES ITS NEWEST MOVIE TIE-IN - THE SCARLET LETTER

PR Newswire;  September 11, 1995 ;     239 words ......of the audio edition of The Scarlet Letter, the American classic by Nathaniel...Hawthorne. The Dove audio of The Scarlet Letter will be released simultaneously...release its own production of The Scarlet Letter. The Scarlet Letter can be...

Scarlet Letter, The

The New York Public Library Book of Popular Americana;      74 words ...00-00-0000 Scarlet Letter, The Scarlet Letter, The A novel (1850) by Nathaniel HAWTHORNE. Set in seventeenth-centu...expiation, it is required reading in many high schools. The scarlet letter of the title is a large red A, which Hester wears on her...