The Scarlet Letter

Nathaniel Hawthorne

⏱ 8 minAmerican classic

In Puritan Boston, a woman wears the scarlet 'A' of her sin in the open, while the man who shares it hides — and rots. Hawthorne's stark masterpiece.

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