• It [the scarlet letter] had the effect of a spell, taking her out of the ordinary relations with humanity, and enclosing her in a sphere by herself.

    Nathaniel Hawthorne: It [the scarlet letter] had the effect of a spell, taking her out of the ordinary relations with humanity, and enclosing her in a sphere by herself.
    Nathaniel Hawthorne (2010). “The Scarlet Letter”, p.45, Bibliolis Books