Heather Lei's Reviews > The Scarlet Letter
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The Scarlet Letter
by Nathaniel Hawthorne
by Nathaniel Hawthorne
The story, not bad. The style, unreadable.
Here is who I would recommend this book to - people who like sentences with 4 or 5 thoughts, and that are paragraph length - so that they are nearly impossible to understand - because by the time the end, of the sentence, has been reached the beginning, and whatever meaning it contained, has been forgotten and the point is lost.
Here is who I would recommend this book to - people who like sentences with 4 or 5 thoughts, and that are paragraph length - so that they are nearly impossible to understand - because by the time the end, of the sentence, has been reached the beginning, and whatever meaning it contained, has been forgotten and the point is lost.
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I actually came to---I won't say like---but appreciate at least, this book when I read it again recently. You do make a good point though.
I feel like there is a backhanded compliment in there! Witty and wily, you are. Part of the genius of Hawthorne's work is the chronicle of the English language, and the society it represented, within a context of the time period - and the ability to transport the reader.
