Teo-(school hiatus)’s Reviews > The Scarlet Letter > Status Update

I came across this part where Hawthorne says that we'd be unsettled to come across women with such a sharp tongue and boldness as the villagers in his current time. It was in this moment when I knew for certain the author had never met a Balkan/Slavic woman. There is a harshness that transcends generations in the way we speak.