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The Scarlet Letter
The Scarlet Letter
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August 12, 2018
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September 8, 2018
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Nathaniel Hawthorne Collection
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Bookguide
Apr 28, 2012 rated it did not like it  ·  review of another edition
Shelves: 1001-book-list, novella, usa
Holy melodrama, readers! I usually love the classics, and a good drop of symbolism and gothic romance usually pushes all the right buttons with me. I love Thomas Hardy, George Eliot, Charlotte Brontë, Jane Austen, etc., etc., so why did I dislike 'The Scarlet Letter' so much? The story was simply too melodramatic, it was far too long-winded and the style of writing was totally impenetrable. In the descriptions and narrative, Hawthorne writes reasonably fluidly some of the time, when he's not thr ...more
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Awais butt
Mar 09, 2011 added it  ·  review of another edition
one cannot get such sort of courage to write against puritans.most remarkable work of american literatuer.
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Kathy
Sep 08, 2010 rated it it was amazing
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Dec 05, 2010 marked it as to-read  ·  review of another edition
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Dec 26, 2010 rated it it was amazing
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May 23, 2011 rated it it was ok
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May 27, 2011 rated it it was amazing
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Jul 03, 2011 rated it really liked it
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Aug 19, 2011 rated it really liked it  ·  review of another edition
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Aug 31, 2011 rated it it was ok
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Jun 12, 2012 rated it it was amazing
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Aug 05, 2012 rated it it was amazing  ·  review of another edition
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