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For sheer enjoyment, this is probably more of a 3-star book but I found it really interesting to read and think about Hawthorne writing when he did so I gave it 4 stars. There is a lot that is "of its time" in the novel but there is just as much that is as apt today as it was 150+ years ago.
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Catching up on my American Lit classics. Boy, Hawthorne sure loves to pack a lot of words into every sentence! A melodrama of sorts, but tempered by Hawthorne's delight in the ironic. I got a kick out of the book.
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Read again October/November 2021
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I have read this several times and on this occasion I listened to the audio book read by Buck Schirner. I very much enjoyed his reading.
I think this book is more likable than The Scarlet Letter, but not as well written. I think the reason I like it more, even if I don't admire it more, is its sort of fable-like quality. It is charming in a way that The Scarlet Letter never could be.
That being said, it should ABSOLUTELY NOT be read by anyone that doesn't like ...more
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I have read this several times and on this occasion I listened to the audio book read by Buck Schirner. I very much enjoyed his reading.
I think this book is more likable than The Scarlet Letter, but not as well written. I think the reason I like it more, even if I don't admire it more, is its sort of fable-like quality. It is charming in a way that The Scarlet Letter never could be.
That being said, it should ABSOLUTELY NOT be read by anyone that doesn't like ...more
A fail to listen to on tape. I guess I'll have to wait til paper.
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Mar 15, 2008
Anna
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Jan 10, 2010
Kat (A Journey In Reading)
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