The Scarlet Letter: (Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition)Hailed by Henry James as "the finest piece of imaginative writing yet put forth in the country," Nathaniel Hawthorne's The Scarlet Letter reaches to our nation's historical and moral roots for the material of great tragedy. Set in an early New England colony, the novel shows the terrible impact a single, passionate act has on the lives of three members of the community: the defiant Hester Prynne; the fiery, tortured Reverend Dimmesdale; and the obsessed, vengeful Chillingworth. With The Scarlet Letter, Hawthorne became the first American novelist to forge from our Puritan heritage a universal classic, a masterful exploration of humanity's unending struggle with sin, guilt and pride. |
Contents
THE PRISONDOOR | |
Chapter 2 THE MARKETPLACE | |
Chapter 3THE RECOGNITION Chapter 4THE INTERVIEW Chapter 5 HESTER AT HER NEEDLE | |
Chapter 6 PEARL Chapter 7THE GOVERNORS HALL Chapter 8THE ELFCHILD ANDTHEMINISTER Chapter 9THE LEECH Chapter 10THE LE... | |
Chapter 13 ANOTHER VIEW OF HESTER | |
Chapter 14 HESTER AND THEPHYSICIAN Chapter 15 HESTER AND PEARL Chapter 16A FOREST WALK Chapter 17THE PASTOR ANDHIS P... | |
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