Nathaniel hawthorne biography scarlet letter book review

The Mistress of the House of Books is all about putting the spotlight on womxn writers.

Nathaniel hawthorne biography scarlet letter book review

While The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne obviously does not fit into this criteria, I felt strongly that I needed to review it through a feminist lens this month.

Like most of the books I have reviewed so far, The Scarlet Letter is a classic.

I’m sure many of you had to read this novel as a teenager, and I’m sure even more of you have seen the movie Easy A, which is loosely based on the book. 

The Scarlet Letter may have been written by a man, but the novel’s main character, Hester Prynne, is a strong female character, and I’d like to argue that Hawthorne gave her a very feminist mindset and attitude from the very start of the story.

If you’ve never read the story, I’ll give you a little bit of background information before I dive in.

The Scarlet Letter (published for the first time in ) takes place in the Puritan Massach