The Scarlet Stigma
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- First published
- 1899
- Pages
- 89
About this book
The Scarlet Stigma is most likely a stage adaptation, alternative title, or related work connected to Nathaniel Hawthorne's foundational 1850 novel The Scarlet Letter. The Scarlet Letter has been adapted for stage, film, opera, and various other dramatic forms across the decades since its original publication, with the various adaptations sometimes taking alternative titles to distinguish themselves from the original novel.
If this entry represents a particular dramatic adaptation of The Scarlet Letter, the wider context of the original novel is the relevant framing. Hester Prynne, the young Puritan Boston woman sentenced to wear the scarlet letter A on her clothing as the public marker of her adultery, has been one of the most adapted characters in American literature, with the various stage and screen versions across the decades exploring her story in different ways.
For readers interested in this particular entry, the wider tradition of The Scarlet Letter adaptations is the relevant context. The original novel itself remains in print and widely available, and any reader curious about the source material that any adaptation draws on should approach the Hawthorne novel directly for the foundational version of the story.
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Book facts
- Author
- Nathaniel Hawthorne
- First published
- 1899
- Reading time
- About 90 minutes
- Pages
- 89
- Language
- English
- Genre
- Gothic Horror
- Formats
- PDF, EPUB, MOBI, Read online