Both Uses of
authenticity
in
The Scarlet Letter
- It will be seen, likewise, that this Custom-House sketch has a certain propriety, of a kind always recognised in literature, as explaining how a large portion of the following pages came into my possession, and as offering proofs of the authenticity of a narrative therein contained.†
p. 6.5 *
- What I contend for is the authenticity of the outline.†
p. 32.6
Definition:
quality of being real or true