Rereadable: The Scarlet Letter

I first read The Scarlet Letter, by Nathaniel Hawthorne, in high school, like many other students. And like many other students, I understood the gist of it but was bored and didn’t see why it was important and considered a classic. It felt like an old tome full of boring descriptions and endless allusions to things I was unfamiliar with.

I’ve thought about rereading many of the old classics I was assigned in high school to see if I would appreciate them more now that I’m older. For no particular reason, I decided to start with The Scarlet Letter.