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Demons & DevilsHistorical Fiction

The Scarlet Letter and Selected Tales (Gentle Boy / Gray Champion / Maypole of Merry Mount / Minister's Black Veil / Scarlet Letter / Young Goodman Brown)

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  • 1982 first published
  • 378 pages
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The Scarlet Letter and Selected Tales (Gentle Boy / Gray Champion / Maypole of Merry Mount / Minister's Black Veil / Scarlet Letter / Young Goodman Brown) is a 1982 demon fiction and historical fiction novel by Nathaniel Hawthorne. The story is set in New England and Boston, Mass., in the Colonial period, ca. 1600–1775. It features Mr. Hooper, Elizabeth and Goodman Brown. Key subjects include Satanism, puritans, Catechism and Devil.

It runs to roughly 378 pages — 6–7 hours of reading at an average pace.

Themes, setting & tropes

Genres

Setting

Era

Characters

Subjects

  • Satanism
  • Short story
  • Puritans
  • Catechism
  • Devil
  • Sextons
  • Clergy
  • Illegitimate children
  • Triangles, Interpersonal relations
  • American Historical fiction
  • Women immigrants
  • Married women
  • Revenge
  • Adultery
  • American fiction, Fictional works by one author

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Who wrote The Scarlet Letter and Selected Tales (Gentle Boy / Gray Champion / Maypole of Merry Mount / Minister's Black Veil / Scarlet Letter / Young Goodman Brown)?

The Scarlet Letter and Selected Tales (Gentle Boy / Gray Champion / Maypole of Merry Mount / Minister's Black Veil / Scarlet Letter / Young Goodman Brown) was written by Nathaniel Hawthorne and first published in 1982.

What genre is The Scarlet Letter and Selected Tales (Gentle Boy / Gray Champion / Maypole of Merry Mount / Minister's Black Veil / Scarlet Letter / Young Goodman Brown)?

It is usually shelved as Demons & Devils and Historical Fiction.

How long is The Scarlet Letter and Selected Tales (Gentle Boy / Gray Champion / Maypole of Merry Mount / Minister's Black Veil / Scarlet Letter / Young Goodman Brown)?

The median edition has 378 pages, about 6–7 hours of reading at 250 words per minute.

What books are similar to The Scarlet Letter and Selected Tales (Gentle Boy / Gray Champion / Maypole of Merry Mount / Minister's Black Veil / Scarlet Letter / Young Goodman Brown)?

Readers who like it often enjoy 40 Short Stories--Fifth Edition, Best Short Stories -- Advanced Level and The Penguin Book of American Short Stories.

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