Scarlet Letter (disambiguation)

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The Scarlet Letter is an 1850 novel by Nathaniel Hawthorne.

Scarlet Letter or Scarlet Letters may also refer to:

  • A unifying symbol adopted by atheists in deference to use of the same symbol in Hawthorne's 1850 novel, which discussed the scarlet letter A that individuals convicted of adultery would wear in Puritan society.[1] Although initially associated chiefly with the Out Campaign, the 'Scarlet Letter' (being a stylised letter 'A' rendered in bright red) has since come to represent any person's open self-identification as an atheist, especially in the face of hostility or vilification.[2]
  • The Scarlet Letters, 1953 novel by Ellery Queen
  • "Scarlet Letters" (song), 2009 song by Mudvayne
  • The Scarlet Letter (opera), 1896 opera based on the novel
  • The Scarlet Letter (TV miniseries), a 1979 miniseries starring Meg Foster, Kevin Conway, and John Heard

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  1. Collins English Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged. HarperCollins Publishers, 2003.
  2. "The Out Campaign". Retrieved 3 February 2013. 
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