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Ep 535 - The Scarlet Letter, by Nathaniel Hawthorne

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Craig Getting, Arts, Books, Podcasts, Literature, Comedy, Andrew Cunningham

4.62.3K Ratings

🗓️ 6 June 2022

⏱️ 58 minutes

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Summary

The Scarlet Letter is often included as part of a high school reading curriculum because it's good at teaching people about symbolism, and it's good at teaching people about symbolism because it uses a half-dozen symbols roughly 700 times apiece. 

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0:00.0

This is a headgun podcast.

0:06.2

While Andrew and Craig believe the joy of discovery is crucial to enjoying any well-told

0:10.5

tale, they will not shy away from spoiling specific story beats when necessary.

0:16.3

Plus these are books you should have read by now.

0:42.2

Hey everybody, welcome to Overdoots Podcast about the Books.

0:45.0

You've been meaning to read my name is Craig.

0:47.1

My name is Andrew.

0:48.1

Andrew, did you know a name that starts with Andrew?

0:50.6

I was just going to say, and it never told you that your name starts with a just like

0:57.3

some famous book about the letter A.

1:01.3

I've gotten that before.

1:03.8

Really?

1:04.8

Hey, your tall.

1:05.8

I went to a birthday party for one of Henry's little friends recently and the grandparent

1:14.0

of one of the kids asked me if anyone had ever told me that I look like a young Mickey

1:20.0

Rourke.

1:21.0

That's a compliment.

1:23.0

Well, I didn't really register as one because I only know what Mickey Rourke looks like

1:29.5

now.

1:30.5

Yeah, I think that's supposed to be a compliment.

1:36.2

I think when people ask you if you ever heard that you look like somebody, it's supposed

1:42.6

to be a compliment, but you need to be careful with that one.

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