The Scarlet Letter Daphne du Maurier daughters of a well-respected doctor

daughters of a well-respected doctor

participate in their communities and throw themselves into their passions

profoundly moving portrait of what

ridiculous never-ending game of one-upmanship

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The Scarlet Letter Daphne du Maurier daughters of a well-respected doctorSet in 17th century Puritan Boston, Massachusetts, during the years 1642 to 1649, it tells the story of Hester Prynne, who conceives a daughter through an affair and will not reveal her lover? s identity. The scarlet letter A (for adultery) she has to wear on her clothes, along with her public shaming, is her punishment for her sin and her secrecy. She struggles to create a new life of repentance and dignity. Throughout the book, Hawthorne explores