The Scarlet Letter. Poster of the 1926 movie and cover of the 1850 book
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The Scarlet Letter
Nathaniel Hawthorne, 1850
movie vs book
Victor Sjöström, 1926

It is 1667 in the Massachusetts Bay Colony, and an uneasy truce exists between local Puritans and their neighbors, the Algonquian. Hester Prynne arrives overseas from England and while she waits for her husband she falls for a young minister. Sentenced to wear a scarlet A for adultery, Prynne is ostracized by the public, and a drummer boy is charged to follow her whenever she comes to town.


Easy A. Poster of the 2010 movie and cover of the 1850 book, The Scarlet Letter
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The Scarlet Letter
Nathaniel Hawthorne, 1850
movie vs book
Will Gluck, 2010

Olive, an average high school student, sees her below-the-radar existence turn around overnight once she decides to use the school’s gossip grapevine to advance her social standing. Now her classmates are turning against her and the school board is becoming concerned, including her favorite teacher and the distracted guidance counselor.


The Scarlet Letter. Poster of the 1995 movie and cover of the 1850 book
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The Scarlet Letter
Nathaniel Hawthorne, 1850
movie vs book
Roland Joffé, 1995

It is 1667 in the Massachusetts Bay Colony, and an uneasy truce exists between local Puritans and their neighbors, the Algonquian. Hester Prynne arrives overseas from England and while she waits for her husband she falls for a young minister. Sentenced to wear a scarlet A for adultery, Prynne is ostracized by the public, and a drummer boy is charged to follow her whenever she comes to town.


House of the Seven Gables. Poster of the 2022 movie and cover of the 1851 book, The House of the Seven Gables
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The House of the Seven Gables
Nathaniel Hawthorne, 1851
movie vs book
Heather Bellinger, 2022

In 1828, the bankrupt Pyncheon family fight over Seven Gables, the ancestral mansion. To obtain the house, Jaffrey Pyncheon obtains his brother Clifford’s false conviction for murder. Hepzibah, Clifford’s sweet fiancée, patiently waits twenty years for his release, whereupon Clifford and his former cellmate, abolitionist Matthew, have a certain scheme in mind.