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Essay Archive - Summary of Nathaniel Hawthornes "The Scarlet Letter"
Summary of Nathaniel Hawthornes "The Scarlet Letter"
The story takes place in the Puritan village of Boston, Massachusetts,
during the first half of the 17th Century. Several years before the novel
begins, Hester Prynne came to the New World to await the arrival of her
husband who had business to conclude in Europe. However, Hester's husband
was captured by Indians upon his arrival in New England and did not arrive
in Boston as Hester expected. While living alone in Boston and believing
her husband dead, Hester committed adultery and became pregnant. The
village magistrates imprisoned her ....
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