The Devil and Tom Walker

The Devil and Tom Walker

What is the setting of the story? Provide a description from the story

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The Devil and Tom Walker is set in the New England colony. The year is 1727. Specific setting include "a thi ckly wooded swamp or morass", which was populated by groves of hemlock trees and a "few scattered oaks" ; Tom's home which is "forlorn-looking" with "an air of starvation," and Boston, where Tom sets up his countinghouse.

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