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“Confession” in The Scarlet Letter

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  16 January 2009

Eileen Dreyer
Affiliation:
Lecturer in English and American literature, in the Department of English, University of Southampton, Highfield, Southampton, SO9 5NH, England.

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Notes and Comment
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1991

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