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The scarlet letter, a romance, Nathaniel Hawthorne

Language

eng

Index

no index present

Literary Form

fiction

Main title

The scarlet letter

Responsibility statement

Nathaniel Hawthorne

Sub title

a romance

Summary

Hester Prynne is a beautiful young woman. She is also an outcast. In the eyes of her neighbours she has committed an unforgivable sin. Everyone knows that her little daughter, Pearl, is the product of an illicit affair but no one knows the identity of Pearl's father. Hester's refusal to name him brings more condemnation upon her. But she stands strong in the face of public scorn, even when she is forced to wear the sign of her shame sewn onto her clothes: the scarlet letter 'A' for 'Adulteress'

Table Of Contents

Machine generated contents note: ch. I The Prison-Door -- ch. II The Market-Place -- ch. III The Recognition -- ch. IV The Interview -- ch. V Hester at Her Needle -- ch. VI Pearl -- ch. VII The Governor's Hall -- ch. VIII The Elf-Child and the Minister -- ch. IX The Leech -- ch. X The Leech and His Patient -- ch. XI The Interior of a Heart -- ch. XII The Minister's Vigil -- ch. XIII Another View of Hester -- ch. XIV Hester and the Physician -- ch. XV Hester and Pearl -- ch. XVI A Forest Walk -- ch. XVII The Pastor and His Parishioner -- ch. XVIII A Flood of Sunshine -- ch. XIX The Child at the Brook-Side -- ch. XX The Minister in a Maze -- ch. XXI The New England Holiday -- ch. XXII The Procession -- ch. XXIII The Revelation of the Scarlet Letter

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