Second chances, moral reckonings, and the long road back. Hugo's Les Misérables (the defining redemption story), Dostoevsky's Crime and Punishment, Dickens' A Christmas Carol and A Tale of Two Cities, Hawthorne's Scarlet Letter. Characters who fall, suffer, and — sometimes — find grace. The most powerful theme in literature.
Second chances, moral reckonings, and the long road back. Hugo's Les Misérables (the defining redemption story), Dostoevsky's Crime and Punishment, Dickens' A Christmas Carol and A Tale of Two Cities, Hawthorne's Scarlet Letter. Characters who fall, suffer, and — sometimes — find grace. The most powerful theme in literature.