We must not always talk in the market-place of what happens to us in the forest.

Nathaniel Hawthorne

The Scarlet Letter

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Topic

Prudence and circumspection

Author

Nathaniel Hawthorne

Source

The Scarlet Letter

Medium

Novel

Language

English

Time

1850 1850s 19th century

Occupation

Novelist Writer

From

United States

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Original Citation

Hawthorne, Nathaniel. The Scarlet Letter: A Romance. Boston: Ticknor, Reed & Fields, 1850, ch. 22.

Current Citation

Hawthorne, Nathaniel. The Scarlet Letter, edited by Brian Harding. Oxford University Press, 2009, ch. 22.

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Walden

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Author

Henry David Thoreau
Source
Economy Walden
Genre
Autobiography and memoir
Language
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Time
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Original Citation

Thoreau, Henry David. "Economy." Walden; or, Life in the Woods. Boston: Ticknor and Fields, 1854.

Current Citation

Thoreau, Henry David. "Economy." Walden and Civil Disobedience. Signet, 2012.