The Sinners All Bow: Two Authors, One Murder, and the Real Hester Prynne | 
panI just didn't like this book that much, which isn't a popular opinion. It looked at a murder 200 years ago. Dawson wrote about the murder, Williams ( the author of the first book about the murder),and Hawthorne ( how he based the Scarlett Letter off of the victim). It just seemed to me that way too much stuff was going on in the book. It could have been just me, as others liked the book. 2⭐️
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pickI wasn‘t really surpassed to find out just how much of Catherine Read Arnold Williams‘s 19th century book was. It was really obvious from the beginning. I loved that Kate Winkler Dawson brought in a document examiner. It was interesting to see the weird and random ties to the Borden family (and just how messed up that family apparently was - think Lizzy Borden and her alleged ax).
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I feel like this is as true today as it was in the early 19th century.
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@Hooked_on_books made me do this. It just sounds so interesting.
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Yet another inspiration for Hester from The Scarlet Letter, #LiteraryCrew ! I am very unfamiliar with this case, as most are today, and this is the first time I‘ve seen the name Sarah Cornell linked with Hawthorne and his works. It certainly did not appear in any research I did for our discussion last month!
pickIn this fascinating approach to true crime, Winkler Dawson looks at the 1832 death of Sarah Cornell and the subsequent murder trial coverage done by Catharine Williams. She looks at the evidence from a modern lens to critique both the trial findings and Williams‘ work as well as showing the deplorable victim shaming the occurred in the case. This book is terrific.
pickWhile it isn't completely necessary to do so, it was helpful to reread The Scarlet Letter (Daniel Hawthorn) in reminding me of the cadence of that story to see the direct parallels in the true crime that inspired it. This book is written with a non-biased journalistic perspective of the author Catharine Read Arnold Williams telling of the case & trial surrounding the death of Sarah Maria Cornell.
