How To Use Your Proud Geek Heritage To Survive The Scarlet Letter

[dr_pretentious]

'Tis the season for students to write papers about their summer required reading lists. They have to read Hawthorne, so I have to read Hawthorne. My secret to survival turns out to be reading The Scarlet Letter as a failed fantasy novel. You can read more about that over at Black Gate.

Comments

[spiffnolee.livejournal.com]

Excellent points, though I'll not be revisiting The Scarelt Letter. As an English major, it is amazing how many books I have managed to not read and fake my way through.
This:
turn this dreary old magnum opus into a pulp masterpiece
is superlative writing.