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The Scarlet Letter
Nathaniel Hawthorne
- 206 pages
- English
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The Scarlet Letter
Nathaniel Hawthorne
About This Book
Nathaniel Hawthorne's masterpiece: A searing portrait of sin and redemption in Puritan New England When Hester Prynne, a young Puritan woman in seventeenth-century Boston, becomes pregnant out of wedlock, the unforgiving society in which she lives judges her harshly. Sentenced to wear a scarlet A emblazoned on her dress, Hester raises her daughter, Pearl, on the outskirts of townâan exile meant to cause her shame for the remainder of her life. In refusing to name Pearl's father, Hester seeks to protect the minister Arthur Dimmesdale from sharing her fate. As the years pass, Dimmesdale grows weaker, eroded by his guilt, while Hester finds renewal in a defiant reclamation of her strength and identity. Their diverging paths lead to a searing final scene that stands among the most powerful in American literature. This ebook has been professionally proofread to ensure accuracy and readability on all devices.
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Title Page
- THE CUSTOM-HOUSE: INTRODUCTORY TO âTHE SCARLET LETTERâ
- I. THE PRISON DOOR
- II. THE MARKET-PLACE
- III. THE RECOGNITION
- IV. THE INTERVIEW
- V. HESTER AT HER NEEDLE
- VI. PEARL
- VII. THE GOVERNORâS HALL
- VIII. THE ELF-CHILD AND THE MINISTER
- IX. THE LEECH
- X. THE LEECH AND HIS PATIENT
- XI. THE INTERIOR OF A HEART
- XII. THE MINISTERâS VIGIL
- XIII. ANOTHER VIEW OF HESTER
- XIV. HESTER AND THE PHYSICIAN
- XV. HESTER AND PEARL
- XVI. A FOREST WALK
- XVII. THE PASTOR AND HIS PARISHIONER
- XVIII. A FLOOD OF SUNSHINE
- XIX. THE CHILD AT THE BROOKSIDE
- XX. THE MINISTER IN A MAZE
- XXI. THE NEW ENGLAND HOLIDAY
- XXII. THE PROCESSION
- XXIII. THE REVELATION OF THE SCARLET LETTER
- XXIV. CONCLUSION
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