Free AudioBook: The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne

“When Hes­ter Prynne bears an ille­git­i­mate child she is intro­duced to the ugli­ness, com­plex­i­ty, and ulti­mate­ly the strength of the human spir­it. Though set in Puri­tan com­mu­ni­ty cen­turies ago, the moral dilem­mas of per­son­al respon­si­bil­i­ty, and con­sum­ing emo­tions of guilt, anger, loy­al­ty and revenge are time­less.” That’s the gist of Nathaniel Hawthorne’s The Scar­let Let­ter, as described by Bartle­by.

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