Joel, of course you like THE SCARLET LETTER better!! You are from BAH-STON!!!! LOL!!!!!
Just kidding. Actually I’ve sparred with Allan on occasion about THE SCARLET LETTER. He likes it a lot, but doesn’t rate it here in this countdown, and thinks THE WIND is far better. I’ll say it’s extremely close, but I’ll go with THE WIND for it’s more auspicious cinematic style and its metaphorical underpinnings.
Hawthorne is my favorite American writer by the way, and his THE HOUSE OF THE SEVEN GABLES one of the novels I hold dearesr to my heart.
