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The Scarlet Letter
In seventeenth-century Puritan Boston, Hester Prynne is made to wear a scarlet letter A for adultery. She refuses to name her child's father while her long-lost husband arrives in town under a false identity.
- First published
- 1850
- Pace
- slow
- Length
- short
- Format
- Standalone
Read this if you want a short classic about guilt, shame and community judgement.
Skip this if you want an easy, fast narrative, since the style is dense and symbolic.
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