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"One brilliant June day when Mia Jacob can no longer see a way to survive, the power of words saves her. The Scarlet Letter was written almost two hundred years earlier, but it seems to tell the story of Mia's mother, Ivy, and their life inside the Community -- an oppressive cult in western Massachusetts where contact with the outside world is forbidden, and books are considered evil. But how could this be? How could Nathaniel Hawthorne have so perfectly...
8) Understanding the Scarlet letter: a student casebook to issues, sources, and historical documents
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Greenwood Press
Pub. Date
1995
Language
English
14) Novels for students: Volume 1 :presenting analysis, context, and crticism on commonly studied novels
Publisher
Gale
Pub. Date
c1997
Language
English
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Each volume provides discussions of the literary and historical background of novels from various cultures and time periods. Includes concise synopses of plot, characters and themes, a brief author biography, discussion of the story's cultural and historical significance, and excerpted criticism.
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