Scarlet Letter*

The complete, uncut text of Hawthorne's The Scarlet Letter, annotated by someone who has questions.Ellis Keen's commentary runs throughout the novel, chapter by chapter, like a smart friend reading over your shoulder who has met this town before.Hester Prynne wears her shame on her chest and survives it. The man who shares it keeps his hidden, and it hollows him out. Hawthorne wrote that in 1850, ...