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In a story by this author, the protagonist yells (-5[1])“Never!… On earth, never!” in response to the title object, which is worn after a “secret sin” speech. In another story by this (15[1])author, (15[1])the title character (15[1])and his wife Faith partake (15[1])with the villagers in a Satanic ritual. (15[3]-5[1])Many of this author’s short (15[1])stories such as (*) “The Minister’s Black Veil” and (10[1])“Young Goodman Brown” depict (-5[1])Puritan life. (10[1])In his most famous novel, the wife of Roger Chillingworth (10[1])is forced to wear a red ‘A’ after having an adulterous affair with the minister Arthur Dimsdale. (10[1])For 10 points, (10[1])name this author who wrote about Hester Prynne in The Scarlet Letter. ■END■ (10[1])

ANSWER: Nathaniel Hawthorne
<Literature - American Literature - Short Fiction>
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