The pseudonym "Philo Vaihinger" has been abandoned. All posts have been and are written by me, Joseph Auclair.

Friday, June 27, 2014

The husband betrayed

From the 16th Century to our own, he is a joke unless vengeful, and then he is a demon.
 
In The Scarlet Letter, he is a demon and the man who put horns on him is a flawed but basically admirable fellow.
 
Such is the enlightened literature of adultery.

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