The Scarlet Letter
eBook - ePub

The Scarlet Letter

A Guide to Reading and Reflecting

  1. 424 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

The Scarlet Letter

A Guide to Reading and Reflecting

About this book

Jane Eyre. Frankenstein. The Scarlet Letter. You’re familiar with these pillars of classic literature. You have seen plenty of Frankenstein costumes, watched the film adaptations, and may even be able to rattle off a few quotes, but do you really know how to read these books? Do you know anything about the authors who wrote them, and what the authors were trying to teach readers through their stories? Do you know how to read them as a Christian? Taking into account your own worldview, as well as that of the author?
 
In this beautiful cloth-over-board edition bestselling author, literature professor, and avid reader Karen Swallow Prior will guide you through The Scarlet Letter. She will not only navigate you through the pitfalls that trap readers today, but show you how to read it in light of the gospel, and to the glory of God.
 
This edition includes a thorough introduction to the author, context, and overview of the work (without any spoilers for first-time readers), the full original text, as well as footnotes and reflection questions throughout to help the reader attain a fuller grasp of The Scarlet Letter.
 
The full series currently includes: Heart of Darkness, Sense and Sensibility, Jane Eyre, Frankenstein, The Scarlet Letter and Tess of the d'Urbervilles
 

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Table of contents

  1. The Custom House β€” Introductory
  2. Chapter 1 β€” The Prison-Door
  3. Chapter 2 β€” The Market-Place
  4. Chapter 3 β€” The Recognition
  5. Chapter 4 β€” The Interview
  6. Chapter 5 β€” Hester at Her Needle
  7. Chapter 6 β€” Pearl
  8. Chapter 7 β€” The Governor's Hall
  9. Chapter 8 β€” The Elf-Child and the Minister
  10. Chapter 9 β€” The Leech
  11. Chapter 10 β€” The Leech and His Patient
  12. Chapter 11 β€” The Interior of a Heart
  13. Chapter 12 β€” The Minister's Vigil
  14. Chapter 13 β€” Another View of Hester
  15. Chapter 14 β€” Hester and the Physician
  16. Chapter 15 β€” Hester and Pearl
  17. Chapter 16 β€” A Forest Walk
  18. Chapter 17 β€” The Pastor and His Parishioner
  19. Chapter 18 β€” A Flood of Sunshine
  20. Chapter 19 β€” The Child at the Brook-Side
  21. Chapter 20 β€” The Minister in a Maze
  22. Chapter 21 β€” The New England Holiday
  23. Chapter 22 β€” The Procession
  24. Chapter 23 β€” The Revelation of the Scarlet Letter
  25. Chapter 24 β€” Conclusion