“The Classics Slacker Reads The Scarlet Letter is a lot funnier than the original. And Nate just isn’t as dreamy as he used to be.”
—HERMAN MELVILLE
The Scarlet Letter is Nathaniel Hawthorne’s novel of girls gone wild in Puritan New England, and we don’t mean the witches. Poor Hester Prynne is found guilty of adultery and sentenced to wear a red letter A on her chest for the rest of her life. It’s a totally raw deal, as she thought her husband was lost at sea when she thumped the Bible with a local man of God.
Factual author tidbit: Hawthorne was once the object of Herman Melville’s affection. But after Melville finished reading The Scarlet Letter, well, let’s just say his ardor cooled down somewhat.
Anyhoo, sit back and enjoy as The Classics Slacker covers Hawthorne’s ye olde American tale of all things self-righteous and hypocritical.
“The Classics Slacker Reads The Scarlet Letter should be required reading. I loved it!”
“I thoroughly enjoyed The Classics Slacker recap of The Scarlet Letter, which I read in high school. I recommend highly this slim, but insightful, lucid and humorous read.”
OTHER BOOKS IN THE SERIES
The Classics Slacker Reads Madame Bovary
The Classics Slacker Reads Moby Dick
The Classics Slacker Reads Pride and Prejudice
The Classics Slacker Reads The Great Gatsby
The Classics Slacker Reads The Picture of Dorian Gray
The Classics Slacker Reads The Scarlet Letter
The Classics Slacker Reads Wuthering Heights
Who Is The Classics Slacker?
The Classics Slacker series was created by Cristina Negrón, who holds a bachelor’s degree in literature and a master’s degree in creative writing. Negrón now writes it with two coauthors–the wildly witty and tremendously talented Deb Martin and Heidi Mastrogiovanni. Illustrated by artist extraordinaire Kris Wraight.