The Scarlet Letter
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The Scarlet Letter

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The Scarlet Letter

About this book

Delve into The Scarlet Letter, Nathaniel Hawthorne's meditation on human alienation and its effect on the soul in this story set in seventeenth-century Massachusetts and be dazzled by literature.

In Nathaniel Hawthorne's dark novel, The Scarlet Letter, a single sinful act ruins the lives of three people. None more so than Hester Prynne, a young, beautiful, and dignified woman, who conceived a child out of wedlock and receives the public punishment of having to always wear a scarlet "A" on her clothing.

She refuses to reveal the father of her child, which could lighten her sentence. Her husband, the aptly-named Roger Chillingworth, who Hester thought had died in a shipwreck but was actually being held captive by Native Americans, arrives at the exact moment of her deepest public shaming and vows to get revenge. Her lover, Arthur Dimmesdale, remains safely unidentified, but is wracked with guilt.

Though originally published in 1850, the story is set in seventeenth-century Massachusetts among Hawthorne's Puritan ancestors. In The Scarlet Letter, he created a story that highlighted both their weaknesses and their strengths. His knowledge of their beliefs and his admiration for their way of life was balanced by his concerns about their rigid and oppressive rules.

Complete and unabridged, this edition features a new introduction by Mike Lee Davis.

The Knickerbocker Classics bring together the works of classic authors from around the world in stunning gift editions to be collected and enjoyed.

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Information

Publisher
Race Point Publishing
Year
2015
Print ISBN
9781631060717
eBook ISBN
9781627886765
Topic
Literature
Subtopic
Classics
Index
Literature

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Title page
  3. Copyright page
  4. Contents
  5. INTRODUCTION
  6. PREFACE TO THE SECOND EDITION
  7. THE CUSTOM-HOUSE
  8. THE CUSTOM-HOUSEā€”INTRODUCTORY
  9. THE SCARLET LETTER
  10. I. THE PRISON-DOOR
  11. II. THE MARKET-PLACE
  12. III. THE RECOGNITION
  13. IV. THE INTERVIEW
  14. V. HESTER AT HER NEEDLE
  15. VI. PEARL
  16. VII. THE GOVERNORā€™S HALL
  17. VIII. THE ELF-CHILD AND THE MINISTER
  18. IX. THE LEECH
  19. X. THE LEECH AND HIS PATIENT
  20. XI. THE INTERIOR OF A HEART
  21. XII. THE MINISTERā€™S VIGIL
  22. XIII. ANOTHER VIEW OF HESTER
  23. XIV. HESTER AND THE PHYSICIAN
  24. XV. HESTER AND PEARL
  25. XVI. A FOREST WALK
  26. XVII. THE PASTOR AND HIS PARISHIONER
  27. XVIII. A FLOOD OF SUNSHINE
  28. XIX. THE CHILD AT THE BROOK-SIDE
  29. XX. THE MINISTER IN A MAZE
  30. XXI. THE NEW ENGLAND HOLIDAY
  31. XXII. THE PROCESSION
  32. XXIII. THE REVELATION OF THE SCARLET LETTER
  33. XXIV. CONCLUSION
  34. ENDNOTES
  35. THE LIFE AND TIMES OF NATHANIEL HAWTHORNE
  36. FURTHER READING