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Aug 2022
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The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorn...

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The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne audiobook. Genre: drama In a rigid 17th-century Puritan settlement, Hester Prynne is forced to stand before her community branded as an adulteress, marked by a scarlet letter sewn to her clothing. Refusing to name the child's father, she raises her spirited daughter Pearl on the edge of society, living under constan ... Show More
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