"Scarlet," Michelle Horgen's musical based on "The Scarlet Letter," is centered on a strong Hester Prynne. It's at Portland Playhouse through March 25.

Nathaniel Hawthorne's novel The Scarlet Letter is one of sin, guilt, and repentance, set in Puritan Boston. It follows Hester Prynne, who is forced to wear a scarlet "A" to advertise her sin ...

Hester Prynne, protagonist of Nathaniel Hawthorne's masterwork The Scarlet Letter, is among the first and most important female protagonists in American literature. She's the embodiment of deep ...

Published by St. Martin's Press on Oct. 4, "Hester" imagines a life for a fictional Scottish immigrant named Isobel Gamble who lands in Salem, Massachusetts in 1829 and meets the young Hawthorne.

Hawthorne’s most famous novel—a mainstay on high school reading lists—has been the subject of some interesting myths and ...

Such an unmitigated disaster is Roland Joffe’s “The Scarlet Letter,” which is ... have given us instead is a vile bodice-ripper that portrays Hester Prynne (Demi Moore) as a 17th ...

The eponymous letter in the book is forced upon protagonist Hester Prynne, a recent arrival to the Puritan Massachusetts Bay Colony who has a baby despite her husband being presumed dead back in ...

Set in 17th-century Boston, “The Scarlet Letter” tells the story of Hester Prynne, a woman banished to a life of social shame after conceiving a child outside of marriage. Hester is forced to ...

Letter: The punishments of “Scarlet Letter” seem to be in vogue today FILE - This Monday, Jan. 4, 2021 file photo shows the Peace Monument framed by the Capitol dome on Capitol Hill in Washington.

Of course, that’s not why Hester Prynne wore the brand in the book. So, during Wednesday night’s “A Closer Look,” Meyers immediately called out Mace’s understanding of the novel.