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The Scarlet Letter

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The Scarlet Letter

By: Nathaniel Hawthorne
Narrated by: Charlton Griffin
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Considered his masterpiece, The Scarlet Letter is Hawthorne's story of Hester Prynne and her daughter, Pearl, conceived through an adulterous affair with a Puritan pastor in 17th century Boston. From start to finish, the book explores the themes of law, guilt, and sin. Since its appearance in 1850, this magnificent book has been a perennial favorite among young and old, though it was extremely controversial when it was first published.

Henry James described the novel thusly: "It is beautiful, admirable, extraordinary; it has in the highest degree that merit which I have spoken of as the mark of Hawthorne's best things - an indefinable purity and lightness of conception. One can often return to it; it supports familiarity and has the inexhaustible charm and mystery of great works of art."

Public Domain (P)2012 Audio Connoisseur Classics Fiction Genre Fiction Historical Historical Fiction Literary Fiction Regency Regency Romance Romance Boston
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This is an intriguing story which gives a fascinating glimpse into the social lives and moral challenges of the early US settlers.

Unfortunately the narration doesn't do the story justice and is for the most part distracting The female voices are bizarre and off putting so that I couldn't fully immerse myself in the story.

Good story but let down by narration

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