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Note, March 17, 2018: I edited this again slightly, just to change the formatting of a long quotation.
Note, May 14, 2016: I edited this review just now to make a slight factual correction.
During the Salem witch hysteria of 1692, when real-life accused witch Sarah Good was about to hanged, she pointed at one of the witch hunters, Rev. Nathaniel Noyes, who was looking on approvingly, and shouted, "I'm no more a witch than you are, and if you murder me, God will give you blood to drink!" (an allusi ...more
Note, May 14, 2016: I edited this review just now to make a slight factual correction.
During the Salem witch hysteria of 1692, when real-life accused witch Sarah Good was about to hanged, she pointed at one of the witch hunters, Rev. Nathaniel Noyes, who was looking on approvingly, and shouted, "I'm no more a witch than you are, and if you murder me, God will give you blood to drink!" (an allusi ...more
I just finished this book today and I'm so thankful that it's over. It was a good start but lost me somewhere in the middle and I was just enduring to the end. I read this in prep for visiting Salem, MA and the House of the Seven Gables. Maybe seeing the house will bring a greater appreciation of the novel. I now understand why The Scarlet Letter is assigned reading in high school instead of this one. Hawthorne is a great writer but I don't think I enjoyed because I knew too much about the story
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