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I wouldn't describe this book as depressing but I would describe it as boring. It's an expose of the hypocracy that existed in Puritan New England but the tale told was less than compelling.
The best advice anyone can get about The Scarlet Letter is to skip the whole introductory bit about the Chapter House, unless you want a degree in English. I love this book; I teach this book, but I have my students skip that introduction. It'll make them hate the book.Once you have skipped that p...
I enjoyed Hawthorne's prose much more than the story he's telling, or rather the propaganda he's pushing onto to general audiences. Even after more than a century has passed, Hawthorne's agendas are still being taught today in schools all over the country. Abstinence is the only way, children, is ...
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