Reforming


The Scarlet Letter – Nathaniel Hawthorne

Genre: Romance?       Intended audience: Older children       5/10

A book entirely about an affair and revenge.  A woman has an affair with the preacher, and must wear a scarlet letter because of her illegitimate child.  In the end her husband kills the preacher (or his guilt does) and then the husband dies.

Content:  Way too much lust and revenge to be considered a children’s book.

Topics: revenge, diseases, medicines / herbs, guilt, abstinence


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