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Binding: PaperbackDewey Decimal Number: 813.3 EAN: 9780312256937 Edition: Second Edition ISBN: 0312256930 Label: Bedford/St. Martin's Manufacturer: Bedford/St. Martin's Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 528 Publication Date: December 15, 2005 Publisher: Bedford/St. Martin's Studio: Bedford/St. Martin's Related Items:
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 Rating: - What Good Or Healthy Things Will You Sacrifice To Please Your Community?I like the cover of this publication of the novel and related writings because it places the focus where the focus should be - on an abandoned mother and an innocent child. It does not focus on the community's over zealous, unwarranted, and destructive symbol of shame (as most other covers do). The Scarlet Letter raises universal questions. The questions Hester Prynne faced every day of her life were: 1) What good parts of yourself do the people close to you and the people in your ... Read More 
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