Status Updates From The Scarlet Letter

And another thing… Hawthorne brings up the idea that if a papist were in the crowd where Hester was demonstrated, they’d liken it to the “sacred image of sinless motherhood, whose infant was to redeem the world.” As a ‘papist’ myself, that’s what I immediately thought of.

I am so glad I wasn’t born in puritanical New England

Picked this up at Juliet's bookstore in DT Cary. This cover is incredible. The first 3 chapters are so wordy I feel like I'm overwhelmed by the prose more than I'm understanding the plot. I just need to get into it.

I said I was going to read Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein and I lied lmao

Haven't picked this up in such a long time and I was blessed by the writing style.