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Young Goodman Brown

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"Young Goodman Brown" is a short story published in 1835 by American writer Nathaniel Hawthorne.
The story takes place in 17th century Puritan New England, a common setting for Hawthorne's works, and addresses the Calvinist/Puritan belief that all of humanity exists in a state of depravity, but that God has destined some to unconditional election through unmerited grace.
Hawthorne frequently focuses on the tensions within Puritan culture, yet steeps his stories in the Puritan sense of …