Nathaniel Hawthorne (1804–1864) was an American author who is perhaps best known for The Scarlet Letter and the short-story collection Twice-Told Tales.
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Written in the winter of 1849, The Scarlet Letter unfolds the story of Hester Prynne, a young woman branded as an adulteress in the harsh Puritan world of seventeenth-century New England. As Hester calls on her inner strength to transcend her shame, the s... SEE MORE