The sinners all bow: two authors, one murder, and the real Hester Prynne
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"On a cold winter day in 1832, Sarah Cornell was found hanging in a barn, four months pregnant, after a disgraceful liaison with a charismatic Methodist minister, Reverend Ephraim Avery. Some (Avery's lawyers) claimed her death was suicide--but others weren't so sure. Determined to uncover the real story, intrepid Victorian writer Catharine Williams threw herself into the investigation and wrote what many claim is the first American true-crime narrative: Fall River. The case and Williams's book became a sensation--one that divided the country and inspired Nathaniel Hawthorne's The Scarlet Letter. But the reverend was not convicted, and questions linger to this day about what really led to Sarah Cornell's death. ... In [this account], ... true-crime historian Kate Winkler Dawson travels back in time to 19th century small town America, emboldened to finish the work Williams started nearly two centuries before."--
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Cornell, Sarah Maria, -- 1802-1832.
Criminal investigation.
Forensic sciences.
Hawthorne, Nathaniel, -- 1804-1864. -- Scarlet letter.
Murder -- Massachusetts -- Fall River -- History -- 19th century.
Murder -- Rhode Island -- History -- 19th century.
Prynne, Hester -- (Fictitious character)
Williams, C. R. -- (Catherine Read), -- 1790-1872. -- Fall River.
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Dawson, K. W. (2025). The sinners all bow: two authors, one murder, and the real Hester Prynne. First large print edition. Random House Large Print Publishing.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation (style guide)Dawson, Kate Winkler. 2025. The Sinners All Bow: Two Authors, One Murder, and the Real Hester Prynne. Random House Large Print Publishing.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities Citation (style guide)Dawson, Kate Winkler, The Sinners All Bow: Two Authors, One Murder, and the Real Hester Prynne. Random House Large Print Publishing, 2025.
MLA Citation (style guide)Dawson, Kate Winkler. The Sinners All Bow: Two Authors, One Murder, and the Real Hester Prynne. First large print edition. Random House Large Print Publishing, 2025.
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| Last Sierra Extract Time | May 02, 2025 10:09:00 AM |
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| Last File Modification Time | May 02, 2025 10:09:08 AM |
| Last Grouped Work Modification Time | May 08, 2025 04:52:32 PM |
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| 505 | 0 | |a Prologue : The Advocates -- Chapter One : The Durfee Farm -- Chapter Two : Sarah Maria -- Chapter Three : Rash Violence -- Chapter Four : Body of Evidence -- Chapter Five : "If I Am Missing" -- Chapter Six : The Sinners -- Chapter Seven : The Clove Hitch -- Chapter Eight : The Totality of Tales -- Chapter Nine : The Witnesses -- Chapter Ten : The Letters -- Chapter Eleven : The Hitch -- Chapter Twelve : Wicked Creatures. | |
| 520 | |a "On a cold winter day in 1832, Sarah Cornell was found hanging in a barn, four months pregnant, after a disgraceful liaison with a charismatic Methodist minister, Reverend Ephraim Avery. Some (Avery's lawyers) claimed her death was suicide--but others weren't so sure. Determined to uncover the real story, intrepid Victorian writer Catharine Williams threw herself into the investigation and wrote what many claim is the first American true-crime narrative: Fall River. The case and Williams's book became a sensation--one that divided the country and inspired Nathaniel Hawthorne's The Scarlet Letter. But the reverend was not convicted, and questions linger to this day about what really led to Sarah Cornell's death. ... In [this account], ... true-crime historian Kate Winkler Dawson travels back in time to 19th century small town America, emboldened to finish the work Williams started nearly two centuries before."-- |c Publisher description. | ||
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