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It is a good story in the sense that portraits really well the mindset of that time and invites you to feel grateful for the changes we now have in our society. I liked how the author uses the imaginery so vivid to describe feelings, places, chararcters, but it left with a strange feeling of unsatisfaction. I'm not a writer, or expert, so there is a chance i may have misunderstood some parts of the text that were important. I also liked Hester Prynne character as she understood the importance of
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If our dear Dimmesdale wasn't such a coward, I would have given this a five star. Seeing as Hester is so brave, she got for it four.
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Nathaniel Hawthorne's overly flowery style is not my cup of coffee, but the story is nonetheless moving, at least to me.
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