The Scarlet Letter

WATCH: 7 Worst Book-To-Film Adaptations

Posted 10.03.2011

Read More: Book News, The Time Traveler's Wife, I Am Legend, Bad Movies, Video, The Cat in the Hat, Fever Pitch, Series-of-Unfortunate-Events, The Scarlet Letter, Worst Film Adaptations, Dune, Books News

Two things can happen when Hollywood brings your favorite story to life on the silver screen: you can absolutely adore the adaptation and thank the fi...

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The Most Badly Bungled Classic Book-To-Film Adaptations

flavorwire.com | Posted 06.20.2011

Read More: Beowulf, The Greatest Story Ever Told, Great Expectations, Book to Film Adaptations, The Time Machine, The Scarlet Letter, The Count of Monte Cristo, Alice in Wonderland, The Turn of the Screw, All for Love, Bad Book Adaptations, Books News

The wacky, flatulent 3-D family comedy version of Gulliver’s Travels hits DVD today, and no doubt all of you Jonathan Swift fans have already picked...

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Collecting Hawthorne: (Not) Only a Woman's Hair

Carolyn Vega | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Nathaniel Hawthorne, Journals, Museum, Diaries, The Scarlet Letter, New York News
Carolyn Vega

When J.P. Morgan purchased part of Wakeman's library in 1909, he acquired,"the greatest body in existence of the writings of perhaps the greatest of all American authors" -- that is, Nathaniel Hawthorne.

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The "Goats" in Pro Sports Deserve Better

Dave Astor | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: California Angels, New York Mets, Steroids, Roger Clemens, Ben Roethlisberger, Football, The Scarlet Letter, Ponzi Scheme, Chicago Cubs, Super Bowl, New York Giants, World Series, Scott Norwood, Bill Parcells, Buffalo Bills, Bill Buckner, Bernard Madoff, Republicans, Donnie Moore, Fred Merkle, Boston Red Sox, Sports News
Dave Astor

There are villains in sports, but they're not the people who unintentionally cost their team an important game.

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How Long Should You Wait to Date?

Courtney Cook | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Fired, Education, Unemployment, Divorce, The Scarlet Letter, Dating Mistakes, Dating, Blended Families, Sexuality, Separation, Divorce News
Courtney Cook

When I was thirty and just out of my first marriage I moved with my two children to a teaching and dormitory faculty job at a prep school in New England.

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Lessons From a Bad Teacher in My Public School Education

Emily Farache | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Education, The Scarlet Letter, Davis Guggenheim, High School, Teachers, Education Reform, Shakespeare, Public Education, Teaching, Waiting For ?€œSuperman?, Politics News
Emily Farache

Ms. Morrison's obstinate refusal to display any guilt -- hell, even any acknowledgment -- of her daily tardiness sent the clearest message of all: she just didn't give a damn.

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Lindsay, Madonna, Emma and the Search for Control

Jessica Massa | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Women, Mean Girls, Lindsay Lohan, Entertainment, Women's Issues, The Scarlet Letter, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Lindsay Lohan Jail, Madonna, Lady GaGa, The Town, Millennial Generation, Rosanna Arquette, Emma Stone, Heidi Montag, Desperately-Seeking-Susan, Female Empowerment, Easy A, Celebrities, Entertainment News
Jessica Massa

What an eventful 24 hours! At least for me. Last night, I attended the 25th Anniversary screening of the iconic 80's film Desperately Seeking Susan ...

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HuffPost Review: Easy A

Marshall Fine | Posted 05.25.2011

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Marshall Fine

Emma Stone is a bright young actress who knows her way around a one-liner. But the flimsy writing here barely evokes giggles, let alone actual laughs.

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Thanksgiving: Puritans, Pilgrims, and Sexual Obsession

Dan Agin | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Sexuality, Social Tyranny, Marriage, Darwin, The Scarlet Letter, Healthy Living News
Dan Agin

The idea that the Puritans (and Pilgrims) suffered from religious persecution in England is probably a myth. What they suffered from was unease at the general licentiousness of English life.

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Service Members, Vets, and Families Marching for Justice

Aubrey Sarvis | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Deferments, Doma, Enda, The Scarlet Letter, President Obama, Obama-Dadt, Military Draft, Senator Reid, Rep. Alcee L. Hastings, National Guard, Victor Fehrenbach, Stonewall Riots, Steny Hoyer, Vietnam, Hester Prynne, Rachel Maddow, White House March, Nancy Pelosi, Politics News
Aubrey Sarvis

The protests against these shameful, archaic rules are growing louder by the day among progressives of all stripes, gay and straight.

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John Edwards, George Washington and Hypocrisy

Giles Slade | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Bill Clinton, Adultery, George Washington, David Paterson, Changing Values, The Scarlet Letter, George W. Bush, Hypocrisy, John Edwards, Integrity, Eliot Spitzer, Richard. M. Nixon, Politics News
Giles Slade

The central issue in John Edwards downfall was his hypocrisy. And thank God! In our morally-relaxed universe, hypocrisy is still an unforgivable s...

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