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Download the scarlet letter audiobook by nathaniel hawthorne. The story begins in seventeenthcentury salem, massachusetts, then a puritan settlement. Nathaniel hawthornes novel the scarlet letter is a dramatic story. The pastor and his parishioner from nathaniel hawthornes the scarlet letter. Read the full text of chapter 8 of the scarlet letter on shmoop. Thats the gist of nathaniel hawthornes the scarlet letter, as described by bartleby. The scarlet letter, published in 1850, is an american novel written by nathaniel hawthorne and is generally considered to be his magnum opus. Hester prynne has been found guilty of adultery and has borne an illegitimate child.
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