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This book was converted from its physical edition to the digital format by a community of volunteers. You may find it for free on the web. Purchase of the Kindle edition includes wireless delivery.
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 My niece liked it September 7, 2010
Tigerrider
It is easy to see why this is considered an all time classic. What a beautifully written, extremely intense and moving story. This is not just a classic for scholars either--my 6 year old niece was equally interested!
 Girls just want to have fun August 13, 2010
bernie (Arlington, Texas)
The story may have had some merit however the writing style was so archaic and verbose that it took 50 words to complete a sentence. After trudging through about 100 pages he never came to any points or conclusions other that some people can remember what they ate 20 years ago in detail. This guy (Nathaniel Hawthorne) could have competed with Marry Shelly for most long-winded of the year. Some of it may not be his fault due to the writing style of the time but we surly do not have to put up with this.
This is one time that just about any movie exceeds the book. If you insist on reading then it may be smart to find a child's version. Son one could get rich translating the book into today's English.
Still a Classic of the Human Heart... July 31, 2010
Big D (Auburn, AL. USA)
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
A story about the eternals: passion and love, compassion and hate, hope and fear, forgiveness and revenge, strength and weakness all qualites of the human heart, set in Puritan times, times not known for its love,grace and forgivness, for its humanity.
Much like "Les Miserables," a story of grace set against a story of the unforgiving law with a strong element of revenge. This one also pulls at the human heart. After all these years, the reader still mourns the tragedy, the grief, the unnecessary senselessness of it all.
Features a heralded but weak man of the cloth, a good hearted but strong woman and a villan, a villan equal to any in literature, even Shakespeare's Iago.
Action and emotion are riveting and strong, but writing style and word usage, products of the time in which it was written, slow down the read at times. It doesn't matter. A good, good book, a great book, a classic that has withstood the test of time, one for the ages. The "To Kill A Mockingbird" of its time.
 the illiteracy of our generation July 30, 2010
Avid Cook (Los Angeles)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Frankly, in reading the negative reviews it is clear to me that there is a growing body of illiterates among us. It seems too, that the more a book makes one think the more negaive review it receives from some readers.
I do agree that this particular Kindle edition is cumbersome to navigate due to the format but it is still an exceptional book and very worth reading. Not only is the character developmet quite thorough and enjoyable but it gives us a glimpse of the society in which it was written. What I always find fascinating is that this, like most other classics, is about human nature, power and the consequences of actions. So in the end these themes are enduring and feed our desire to look into the hearts and souls of others- to be voyeurs-which is what makes a classic a classic.
A Gossipers Playland March 26, 2010
Jessss (Mountain)
3 out of 4 found this review helpful
Most people of todays time don't seem to be able to really get this book. It is written for the time of old when women were homemakers and men ruled all. If things were a sin it was likely a womans fault and everything that happened that wasn't typical was considered either a sign from God or the devils work. So, here we have a story of a very naughty girl who got pregnant out of wedlock. So, by custom she was inprisoned and judged because of her sin. This is where the story begins. She keeps her mouth shut about who helped create this heathen child with her, which shows her own character. Then the story goes through the details of what becomes of her life. The town gossips have their hayday and later in the book people from out of town come to town just to see the girl with the scarlet letter. You see how many people treat her because she chose to not move away but to stay and face her persecutors head on. The whole time she also has to keep seeing her thought to be dead husband who is imitating someone else. All the while she faces many more trials and triumphs them all. She almost gets to run away with her love who fathered her child but circumstances keep that from happening. However slightly sad the ending is, it also ties up many loose ends. Overall, even with some rather drawn out details it is written amazingly well and a great read for anyone.
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