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The Scarlet Letter
Set in Puritan Massachusetts during the 1640s, it follows Hester Prynne, who bears a child outside marriage and must wear a scarlet "A" as punishment for adultery.
"The Scarlet Letter" by Nathaniel Hawthorne is a historical novel. Set in Puritan Massachusetts during the 1640s, it follows Hester Prynne, who bears a child outside marriage and must wear a scarlet "A" as punishment for adultery.
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A throng of bearded men, in sad-coloured garments and grey steeple-crowned hats, intermixed with women, some wearing hoods, and others bareheaded, was assembled in front of a wooden edifice, the door of which was heavily timbered with oak, and studded with iron spikes.
Contents
- 01The Custom-House
- 02Introductory to “the Scarlet Letter”
- 03The Scarlet Letter
- 04I. The Prison Door
- 05II. The Market-Place
- 06III. The Recognition
- 07IV. The Interview
- 08V. Hester at Her Needle
- 09VI. Pearl
- 10VII. The Governor’s Hall
- 11VIII. The Elf-Child and the Minister
- 12IX. The Leech
- 13X. The Leech and His Patient
- 14XI. The Interior of a Heart
- 15XII. The Minister’s Vigil
- 16XIII. Another View of Hester
- 17XIV. Hester and the Physician
- 18XV. Hester and Pearl
- 19XVI. A Forest Walk
- 20XVII. The Pastor and His Parishioner
- 21XVIII. A Flood of Sunshine
- 22XIX. The Child at the Brookside
- 23XX. The Minister in a Maze
- 24XXI. The New England Holiday
- 25XXII. The Procession
- 26XXIII. The Revelation of the Scarlet Letter
- 27XXIV. Conclusion
About this edition
- Author
- Nathaniel Hawthorne
- Era
- Modern (c. 1800–1945)
- Reading level
- Advanced: for close, demanding reading
- Formats
- EPUB, PDF
- Length
- 235 pages
- This edition
- Modern Philosophers