Alice Hoffman’s new novel, “The Invisible Hour,” is about a young woman who runs away from a cult, discovers “The Scarlet Letter” in a public library, travels back in time almost 200 ...

These days, we tend to think about The Scarlet Letter in relation to high school students struggling with their English papers, but we didn’t always see the book that way. When Nathaniel ...

The punishment of the scarlet letter is a historical fact; and, apart from the symbol thus ready provided to the author's hand, such a book as The Scarlet Letter would doubtless never have existed.

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The church publishes ...

It does to Ivy’s daughter Mia, who secretly visits the local library, hides the books she borrows, and is astonished to find a first edition of “The Scarlet Letter” dedicated to her. How can that be?

Should Matt Gaetz wear a scarlet letter, too? After Mace’s stunt went public, many people postulated that perhaps Grace isn’t as familiar with Hawthorne’s novel as she purports to be.

“Did Republicans also ban the book ‘The Scarlet Letter?’ Because clearly you haven’t read it,” he mocked. “The A stands for adulterer, not, as I presume you’re using it, a-hol ...

And I felt like "The Scarlet Letter" is a really good story with which to examine that. Hawthorne himself wrote the novel at least partially out of guilt because his own ancestor was involved in ...

Bibliophiles say a rare-book sale later this week at Christie’s could prove to be a literary blockbuster. Among the offerings headed to auction are America’s first bestseller written by a ...

These days, we tend to think about The Scarlet Letter in relation to high school students struggling with their English ...