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Who wrote The Scarlet Letter?

  1. Charles Dickens

  2. Mark Twain

  3. Nathaniel Hawthorne

  4. Emily Dickinson

The correct answer is: Nathaniel Hawthorne

Nathaniel Hawthorne is the author of The Scarlet Letter. While A is known for works such as A Christmas Carol, B is known for The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, and D is known for poems such as "Because I could not stop for Death." Each of these authors are important American writers, but they are not the author of The Scarlet Letter. Therefore, the correct answer is C.