A summary of the novel 'The Scarlet Letter' written by Nathaniel Hawthorne

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…is fit to raise a child in a Christian manner. He asks Pearl questions, and she answers them wrongly on porpouse. As the governor is about to take Pearl away, Hester appeals to Reverend Dimmesdale to convince the governor that since Pearl was given to Hester, she reserved the right to keep her. While leaving the mansion, Hester is approached by a witch, and invited to a meeting in the forest, to which she declines.